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Re:Booting a PC from a Vinyl Record by hkpack on Friday January 23, 2026 @11:35AM (#46734510)
Stepper motors were last used for HDDs with the capacity in megabytes.
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Re:Booting a PC from a Vinyl Record by afandian on Friday January 23, 2026 @11:47AM (#46734667)
I was thinking 5¼ floppies actually. But the same applies to the voice coils in newer hdds.
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