The Way Things Work - Part I: Hard Disk Drives

[yurimxpxman]

"Join HardwareLogic in The Way Things Work series as we answer the hard-hitting questions of how devices work. Today we will be discussing hard drives."

http://hardwarelogic.com/news/136/AR...006-08-15.html

enjoy

[fps justin]

awesome idea! i think thats real smart to have something like this. Kinda catchy too, sorta like stuff on discovery channel: The Way Things Work.

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by fps justin

awesome idea! i think thats real smart to have something like this. Kinda catchy too, sorta like stuff on discovery channel: The Way Things Work.

The only difference being that my articles will not contain any film of orangutans *cough!*ing female cheatas.

It's funny what the word "cough" sounds like when you say it backwords and add an "ing" to it hehe

[Lead Head]

Nice read :)

I have acutally seen one of the disks to the IBM 350, its in the boston science museum, the thing is like 1/4" thick too!

I thought the title of the article sounded familar, so after a litttle digging through my room, i found this

http://fileanchor.com/53401.jpg

http://fileanchor.com/53402.jpg

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Nice read :)

I have acutally seen one of the disks to the IBM 350, its in the boston science museum, the thing is like 1/4" thick too!

I thought the title of the article sounded familar, so after a litttle digging through my room, i found this

http://fileanchor.com/53401.jpg

http://fileanchor.com/53402.jpg

Wow! I thought no one else in the entire world had ever heard of that! :P I didn't know he made books, but my mom got me the CD-ROM when I was little. So, admittedly, I did sort of steal the title, though I didn't think that anyone would know otherwise (But seriously, what else would I call it? :P)

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

Wow! I thought no one else in the entire world had ever heard of that! :P I didn't know he made books, but my mom got me the CD-ROM when I was little. So, admittedly, I did sort of steal the title, though I didn't think that anyone would know otherwise (But seriously, what else would I call it? :P)

Lol, yeah. btw, he actually lives in my state :shock: Its only about a 30 minute drive from my hosue to where he works (a Rhode Island art school)

[fps justin]

that is so cool. They need an updated version. rofl.

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by fps justin

that is so cool. They need an updated version. rofl.

The original The Way things Work (wrriten by him also) was released in the mid 80s(I also have it somewhere), this version "The New Way Things work" was written in 1998

[yurimxpxman]

However did you here about The Way Things Work, Lead Head? Do you homeschool? I think homeschooling has been its main target group.

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

However did you here about The Way Things Work, Lead Head? Do you homeschool? I think homeschooling has been its main target group.

My dad had the original, and i got "the new way things work" as a christmas gift from a relative back in 1999-2000. And no, i am not home schooled :)