{"id":5708,"date":"2021-04-13T12:09:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/2021\/04\/13\/2-5-inches-earlier-and-today\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T12:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:09:24","slug":"2-5-inches-earlier-and-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/2021\/04\/13\/2-5-inches-earlier-and-today\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"2.5 inches earlier and today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_5708\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"5708\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before it lands in the archive, I have to put it here too &#8230;<br \/>\nIt is a hard drive from the 90s (exactly 21.10.1991) &#8211; namely a 2.5 inch disk from Seagate with the incredible storage capacity of 85.3 MB (yes MEGABYTE). In comparison, a 160 GB (Gigabyte) disk from Fujitsu in 2007.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: justify\">The Seagate disc with the designation ST-9096 was installed in a Commodore Amiga 1200. It kept the complete Amiga OS 3.1 including plenty of applications space. At that time you could not get that 85MB so easy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: justify\"><a style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/files\/2014\/12\/IMAG1153.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/files\/2014\/12\/IMAG1153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" border=\"0\"><\/a>To the technical data: If you want to format it today, you should know the following parameters: 980 cyl, 10 heads, 17 sectors gives a capacity of 85,299,200 bytes. The HDD has a power consumption of 2W in read \/ write mode and 1W in idlemode. 300mW still consumes it in sleep mode.<br \/>\nInteresting is perhaps even the size comparison to current records.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">The interface complies with the IDE standard (<span style=\"background-color: white;color: #545454;font-family: arial, sans-serif;font-size: x-small;line-height: 18px\">Integrated Drive Electronics).<\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/files\/2014\/12\/IMAG1154.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/files\/2014\/12\/IMAG1154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"181\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Gr\u00f6\u00dfenvergleich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<pre> <span style=\"font-size: x-small\">\/- 44-pin I\/O Connector (* see below)\r\n                                      |                     o o\r\n                                    ::::::::::::o::::::::1  o o\r\n                               =P=W=A===========#==================\r\n                                                |           | |\r\n       pin-20 removed for keying ---------------\/           | |\r\n                                                            | |\r\n                                                            | |\r\n Drive is Master, no Slave drive present ------------------ 0 0\r\n Drive is Master, Seagate Slave drive present ------------- 1 0\r\n Drive is Slave to another ST9xxxA\/ST9xxxA Master --------- 0 1\r\n Reserved Position (Do Not Use) --------------------------- 1 1\r\n\r\n * Drive uses +5vdc power supplied to the drive\r\n   via the interface connector. The drive does\r\n   NOT make use of a +12vdc power line.\r\n   pin-41  +5vdc (Logic)\r\n   pin-42  +5vdc (Motor)\r\n   pin-43  Ground\r\n   pin-44  Reserved\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_5708\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"5708\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Before it lands in the archive, I have to put it here too &#8230; It is a hard drive from the 90s (exactly 21.10.1991) &#8211; namely a 2.5 inch disk from Seagate with the incredible storage capacity of 85.3 MB (yes MEGABYTE). In comparison, a 160 GB (Gigabyte) disk from Fujitsu in 2007. The Seagate&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/2021\/04\/13\/2-5-inches-earlier-and-today\/?lang=en\">Weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1512],"tags":[1513,1514,1515,1516],"class_list":["post-5708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retro-technology","tag-amiga-en","tag-harddisk","tag-seagate-en","tag-st-9096-en"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":34,"today_views":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/ingmarsretro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}