Back then it was probably a 10gb drive.
Before Linux came along, Norton utilities included a handy little hex editor that allowed for read/write direct to disk. It came in handy more than once to get info from a dying disk. Those were disks that were probably smaller than 1gb. A hard drive that can hold the data of over 300 floppy drives seems plenty big.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
You might want to learn how paragraphs work. There were 2 time periods I was referencing.
No 10gb drives in 1999? Are you sure? You might want to rethink that. 1999 is about the time when you were a script kiddie. Linux was also very available at that time.
About 1995 is when I used Norton Utilities hex editor. There were no affordable 10gb drives in 1995. In 1995 ATA drives would have been about 500mb. I think you already did the math.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
Back then a 10GB drive would have been several if not over 10 thousand dollars.
You said "back then", guy.
A typical hard drive back then was 250MB or less.
I used all kinds of hex editors, what's your point? I learned VB 3-6.
I know old computer languages, and stuff was getting new real fast then. C+ was coming.
I learned HTML, some javascript.
What brand was this alleged 1999 10GB hard drive?
Was it SATA?
Last edited by Matt Dillon; 06-08-2021 at 04:24 PM.
Sailor (06-08-2021)
You won't get a 10gb drive today for less than $400 I bet.
That's big!
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/21/honkin.idg/
Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital. Lots of companies made them.
https://www.redhill.net.au/d/d-99.html
Lots of local computer manufactures during that time that sold them for probably about $2-300
One of the worst Macs ever made had, the imac, 10gb drives in them in 2000.
My point would be I have been doing this a lot longer than you have and it seems my memory might be better than yours.
Edit to respond to your edited in question about SATA.
Of course it wasn't SATA. ATA and SCSI were pretty much the choices back then. Mac was pretty much all SCSI. Nothing like those grey ribbon cables and having to set the master/slave jumpers.
Do you know what a Jazz drive is?
Last edited by Poor Richard Saunders; 06-08-2021 at 04:42 PM.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
PS: I knew that was the site you'd reference.
Nobody had big drives like that back then. The one I had was bigger than what 99% of people were using.
I was quitting when you were just starting, cupcake.
Around 2000 I got a girlfriend and moved out, did not take computer.
I know what it was, though. It's still around somewhere, virii and all
I know where it is, it's not here.
I still have my 1st computer. It's here.
What comp did you use "back then"? Hmm?
You strike me as a MacFag.
Last edited by Matt Dillon; 06-08-2021 at 04:45 PM.
Sailor (06-08-2021)
Nope, but you're a MacFag, huh?
Do you know what a cake platter is? That's what hard drives used to be.
Also..PCs were IDE, derp! You even mentioned the ribbon cable and slave/master jumper settings.
So..are you a MacFag or what? You know, back then you could run whatever in the socket of the motherboard. Unless Apple gimped it.
Last edited by Matt Dillon; 06-08-2021 at 05:00 PM.
Actually, a lot of us did have such big drives back then. Some of us were actually working in a field that used computers.
If you don't believe me what they cost, you can check this site which confirms my memory. A 10gb drive for under $200 in December of 1999.
https://mkomo.com/cost-per-gigabyte
My first computer was an Apple II, followed by a IIc and then a Lisa. I was also using an 80286 then as well at work. I don't have any of them anymore. It's not like I need more than 6 or 7 computers sitting on a shelf not being used.
I bought a custom built 386 for $2000 probably in about 1989. From there I moved to a 486. I don't recall if I ever personally owned a 586 or not.
In 1999, I would have been working with Linux, Mac and Windows. Computers are tools. The best graphic machine in 1999 was a Mac. My home machine was probably the K-6 machine I built myself and had dual boot.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
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