John Toebes’ Post

Cleaning out and recycling all my old physical media (over 17 lbs worth) and decided to see how much the density has improved over time... Of course Mb/g gives lots of opportunities to mix up the units. Since all of the media isn't completely full, everything will fit easily on a 256Gb flash drive. #media #recycling

  • Media Density
(3) 8” Floppy Disks
0.0015 Gig (500K each)
98g=0.015Mb/g
(2) 5¼” Floppy Disks
0.00072 Gig (360K each)
27g=0.027Mb/g
(127) 3½” Floppy Disks
0.18 Gig (1.44 Meg each)
2387g=0.077Mb/g
277 CD & CD±R/RW
193.9 Gig (700Meg each)
4301g=45.1Mb/g
63 DVDs
296.1 Gig (4.7 Gig each)
1089g=271.9Mb/g

My first work i did professionally i have on half-inch tape. No idea how i'm ever going to read it...

Wayne Clark

Retired Computer Engineer

2y

I am very impressed you still had 8" floppy disks. I got rid of all my 256K 8" floppy disks sometime in the 1990s when Apple made the 3 1/2" disks the new standard. I retained my 5 1/4" floppies however so I could boot my Osborne and Compaq luggable.

Ed Burnette

Founder and CTO @ hiddenMind.ai

2y

You should line up some of those hard drives and thumb drives you have. A memory card lineup would be fun too.

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LUXURY! I have about 20 banker boxes FILLED with cd. My guess is more like 100kg

Gary Longsine

Collaborate • Deliver • Iterate. 📱

2y

Some years ago I found a kit to connect a floppy disk drive to a Mac with a USB cable, and a device driver. Found some editorial columns I wrote for the Daily Nebraskan, some poems, and a few college papers that had been stranded on those old disks. Fun times!

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Stephen J. Moffett

Senior Program Manager/Partner Manager/Business Analyst focusing on team relationship building, information distribution, business success, blocking and tackling tough projects.

2y

You are not alone John Townes . I have been thinning the herd for a while myself.

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The time continuum perspective!

Kurt Hamlin

Software Engineering - Technology Leadership - Engineering Management - Cloud DevOps Engineering - Team Building - Cross-Functional Leadership - Senior Manager/Director Software Development

2y

Not surprised to see this John!

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Mike Benson

Independent Technology & Solutions Consultant at CMI

1y

John, thanks for sharing!

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