[rollei_list] Re: OT: Terrabyte hard drive.
- From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:47:25 +0200
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just installed an external one terrabyte hard drive aquired this
> evening from Fry's. I am still astonished. It was on special for $150.00 US.
> I remember seeing a box Ampex built for video storage many years ago. It was
> really a jukebox for cassettes with a total capacity of one terrabyte, it
> was huge. This thing is the size of a thick paperback book. Boy, have
> concepts of memory capacity changed in only a few years.
> The only semi-on-topic thing I can add is that this is ideal for storing
> very large image files (or lots and lots of small ones).
Actually, it is very on-topic ...
Scan those negatives in full, high-resolution. There's plenty of room for them.
Just a few years ago I was only getting 9 or 10 medium-format scans on
a CD. Now ...
But you bought 2 harddisks, I'm sure. One for backup of the other :-)
Daniel
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