1980’s Solid State Hard Drive – Biological Storage Device!
A 100 Gigabyte Solid state storage device from the 1980’s, it works using green and red lasers to store and read the data. As explained in the video, the problem they had is that in the process of reading the information it also destroys the information. They get around this problem by using another laser to rewrite every bit….
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Duration : 0:3:18
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
u know this video …
u know this video is old when the guy says “jiggabytes” -_- 0_o
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
great post, would …
great post, would have loved a 100gb hdd in the 80s, also sound stupid but i loved the anologe distortion, forgot what happens when vhs (and sum times beta) gets a bit damages. great post from the past and apreciate ur time
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Reliable.
Reliable.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
loo jiggabytes
loo jiggabytes
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Holy crap, 100gb!!! …
Holy crap, 100gb!!!?!
I’ve gotta get myself one of them!!!
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Awesome video! Even …
Awesome video! Even the tracking failure gives it a certain flavor..
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
adjust your …
adjust your tracking (’_')
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Wow… makes you …
Wow… makes you wonder where they are with that now almost 30 years later..
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
retarded science
retarded science
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I don’t think the …
I don’t think the solid state drives are anything like this I have never seen this before. I wonder if it really works and how long do the rhodopsin last.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Pfhh… I got 100 …
Pfhh… I got 100 GB on my hard drive.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
It’s now military …
It’s now military tech. Classified as “to dangerous” for you and me. We cant really know if that is the truth but I’m pretty sure it did happen. Supercomputers still exist.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Kinds in those days …
Kinds in those days wrote embly. Today they click on buttons. In 20 years it will be just like TV. The inventor of the TV dreamed of people giving lectures all over the world. That was 100% successfully prevented just like q-mem and q-computing.
You got an ipod in stead. huhuhu!!
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
if they were using …
if they were using this now iPod’s would need case fans, lol
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
lol, he said …
lol, he said jiggabytes
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
..ahh.. nostalgia.. …
..ahh.. nostalgia….
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
the same guys that …
the same guys that developed these old hard drives probably developed yours. i cant wait for kids in 20 years to laugh at your ty 00’s technology, hahaha
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
yah like in back to …
yah like in back to the future, 1.21 jigawatts
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
What, we are just …
What, we are just NOW seeing solid state drives. Why did it take so long? I realize this used lasers, and the new drives don’t but still you have to wonder.
Interesting way to store data.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I’m surprised that …
I’m surprised that they could store so much in such a small space back then. Despite the overall tiness of it, that’s still pretty impressive.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
thanks god it not …
thanks god it not happend in 1980, otherwise this world will fill with more o..LOL..
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
amazing
amazing
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Wtf? He pronounced …
Wtf? He pronounced GB as jigabytes. gay.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
lol 1980 ers.
…
lol 1980 ers.
Burn in you 1980 ers
October 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
2.21 and you have …
2.21 and you have to be running your fan at 88 mph or it overheats.