In one week, I will turn 68 years old. When I started this blog, I had just turned 60. I called it “Two Thirds Done” because I felt that I had an excellent chance of living into my 90s. Many of my direct ancestors have lived into their 90s. I still think that. My dad … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Drinks with Finis Conner leads to contemplating the future history of rotating storage devices
1980 – The world’s first gigabyte-capacity disk drive, the IBM 3380, was the size of a refrigerator, weighed 550 pounds (about 250 kg), and had a price tag of $40,000( $113 thousand in present day terms [13]), 2.52 GB 1980 – ST-506 first 5¼ inch drive released with capacity of 5 megabytes, cost $1500 Last week, I was contacted by Finis … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 