It cost $4,300 (in today's dollars). 1983 - Rodime released the first 3.5-inch hard disk, the RO352, setting a standard for desktop computer drives. It held 10MB at a cost of $1,895, or almost ...

The primary computer storage medium until the turn ... Although the terms "hard disk" and "hard drive" are used synonymously; technically, the disk platters spin inside the drive.

it’s little wonder that they’d end up on the repair bench over at [Usagi Electric] A CDC Finch hard disk drive, available in 8 to 32 MB for all your data storage needs. (Credit: Usage Electric ...

One such modder, who enjoys tinkering with electronics and PC hardware, turned a retired hard disk drive into a custom disc ...

He demonstrates how a traditional spinning-rust computer hard disk interacts with vibration ... you can measure the response time of the hard drive head during a read operation without requiring ...

The pioneering hard disk concept of the IBM 3340 became the industry standard as the 30-30 or Winchester, which also found ...

Production of the IBM 305 RAMAC ended in 1961, as it became obsolete following the introduction of IBM's 1405 Disk Storage Unit for the IBM 1401 computer. Over the next two decades, hard drive ...

A hard disk drive that fits into your pocket. Such devices plug into the computer via USB for easy connection and removal. They also derive their power directly from the USB port. See portable ...