Hard Drive Coffee Table

Standard Toaster

http://www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/index.php?id=1&prod=20

The Hard Drive Coffee Table top is an original 26" diameter hard drive platter from an early storage device (circa 1970). The center hub of the platter is solid aluminum. The custom-created pedestal is also solid aluminum; a cylinder measuring 5.9" in diameter and 18.5" in length. It has a machined top and bottom to fit into the hard drive hub and base, respectively. The base is a solid aluminum 12" diameter, 1.75" high round obtained from a now-defunct government laboratory. Four bolts are screwed into tapped holes in the pedestal in order to secure the hard drive platter and the pedestal is press-fit into the base. It is covered with standard 1/4" table glass. The completed design measures 19.5" high and weighs 64 pounds.

I what one of these!!:)

Endurance Man

Hmm, very cool, nice find .
That musta been one big ass hard drive :O

Standard Toaster

Speaking of which, here's a harddrive being disassembled around 1975


It only stored a couple of megs. Took many days to format too. :v:

zuma

Absolutely incredible!!!

We have certainly come a long way on HDD technology over the decades!!!

SouperComputer

yea, the 1st HD's were cylindrical AFAIK.

I remember reading an interesting article a while ago........

can find the one I was thinking of, but heres someting similar

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/hist-c.html

also: http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/422/morris.html

this is not entirely relevant, but interesting:

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/computer1.html