Geek Fact for September 3rd

By Judy Novotny / 09/03/2012 / 1 Comment / Geek Facts

In 1991 , Integral Peripherals introduced the first 1.8-inch hard disk drive.

The drive was about the size of a deck of cards and was available in capacities of 20 MB and 40 MB. It was later used for PC-card disk drives.

Learn more about disk drives at http://www.scribd.com/doc/37792234/Hard-Disk-Basics.

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

1 thought on “Geek Fact for September 3rd”

Karine Aguilar on Facebook
09/03/2012 at 6:17 am
Wow! We’ve come a long way ….

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In 1991 , Integral Peripherals introduced the first 1.8-inch hard disk drive.

About The Author

Judy Novotny

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In 1991 , Integral Peripherals introduced the first 1.8-inch hard disk drive.