Just got a new HD

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

Don't know who made it, but I'm about to take it apart. That's a DVD case next to it so you can realize the size...

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

sw33t!

[Swedish]

LOL how old is that thing?

[LA_MERC_Onji]

holy crap lol

[[uGa] Saint]

wait.... HD as in hard drive HD??? wth kinda computer used that thang!?

[Crazy White Boy]

Mustof been like the 1st computers that were as big as a room.

[PaRaNoiD]

my dad has an orginal "compact disk" from like.... WAY back..

it's freeking huge

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I still have 78 RPM records made from clay instead of vinyl :) For example, I have an original 1938 Moonlight Serenade by Glen Miller with Sunrise Serenade on the flipside...actually - i think Moonlight Serenade was the official "flipside" but it wound up becoming his most famous tune and his theme song... :D Not ot mention several Benny Goodman and Harry James albums when albums were books like photo albums with about 8 78 RPM records rather than a single LP 33 1/3 record or even cassettes or CD's!

[LA_MERC_M@lACHi]

I seen one of that things "grand kids" work. That HD was almost as big. It was really loud when the heads moved and was ssssllllloooooowwwwww.

[LA_MERC_Drax]

Jeez, that thing must have the secrets of area 51 on it.........where'd you dig that thing up at?

[Uther]

Has anyone ever taken the magnets from an old hard drive. Some of them are super strong. I have two that use to hold thing up. Its very hard to pull them off if they stick on the long flat side.

[LA_MERC_Shadow]

I've got some magnets like that, Uther, but they're to turn pacemakers off during surgery.

WTH, is that a turbo-booster on the side, or what? I think the wheels on my truck are smaller that that thing.

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

The thing on the side is the motor that controls the read/write heads. That came out as one piece. I'll post a pic of that tonight. I've gotten it all the way down to the platters, but I can't get the platters out of the actual chassis for some reason. IBM hax.

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

Here's the pic of the read/write head with motor still attached