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How these tiny hard drives changed the world!

They weren’t around for that long, but IBM’s microdrive had a major impact on multiple industries.
 

 

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I want one, if only to open it, fill with resin and use it as a decoration. That small size is cute.

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8 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

I want one, if only to open it, fill with resin and use it as a decoration. That small size is cute.

I agree but used they are still expensive

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22 minutes ago, sub68 said:

I agree but used they are still expensive

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1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

iPod Mini for parts we come. 

true...

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I still use several for some older dSLR cameras that can power them. They are great.

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1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

iPod Mini for parts we come. 

I've rebuilt a few iPods Mini, with 128 gig SD cards in CompactFlash adapters. It's actually pretty easy (assuming you have snap ring pliers), and they still sound good. At the very least, you can resell the rest of the iPod to someone who wants to rebuild one.

 

I think the platters in the Seagate drives were glass. I have a dead iPod MicroDrive that sounds like a maraca. 

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These are definitely impressive feats of engineering, especially for pre-2000s. 

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I remember doing a digital photography class around 2000 and 2001 and we had these bulky cameras that took floppies

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It took me 9 minutes into the video to realise that those weren't googly eyes on the display in the background.

 I had one on my first trip to NZ in 2007, but it failed on me; been CF and SD cards ever since for me. (I don't have a camera that takes CF Express yet).

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I actually have a floppy disk camera, it's really cool and I love it's 15 second video capability

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  • 5 months later...

I have one. The 1GB IBM. I got it for a camera. It was MUCH cheaper than solid state. I also had a real small, it might have been under a meg, solid state. Wanted to hold more pictures and solid state cost thousands. Went to the web site www.ibm.com/storage/microdrive, but it redirected to www.ibm.com/storage. Ahh the good old days. 

 

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