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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoDoes a reel count as a “drive?” Actual hard drives (i.e. spinning metallic platters) go all the way back to 1956 (and predate floppies by 11 years): Magnetic tape reels do win if they count, though. They were invented in 1951. Sources: https://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/first-commercial-hard-disk-drive-shipped/ https://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/tape-unit-developed-for-data-storage/
minus-squareHueristic_Autistic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoA little more nerd knowledge: Different forms of storage media that were able to have gigabytes of storage on them were already in scientific development way before the first ever cd-r hit the market.
Does a reel count as a “drive?”
Actual hard drives (i.e. spinning metallic platters) go all the way back to 1956 (and predate floppies by 11 years):
Magnetic tape reels do win if they count, though. They were invented in 1951.
Sources:
A little more nerd knowledge: Different forms of storage media that were able to have gigabytes of storage on them were already in scientific development way before the first ever cd-r hit the market.