6:48 The very first Apple Ipod had a tiny hard drive in it, I believe made by Toshiba. There was this brief window around the early ’00s where there was a market for very small hard drives, until flash memory came along and wiped them out.
So Cool! Hey is there a working model of this 1964 computer called FLODAC patent 3190554 out there? It used air to do digital computation and I want to make one using 3D printing.
@@jayc2469 That's what I have , just an image of sort or rectangular blob. I've asked around at various computer museums, but no reply. I still like the idea of a FLOWDAC being made with 3D printing tech that could compute something like logarithms. Make a cool You Tube post to be sure. Thanks for your reply. ( Google the FLOWDAC patent number and check out the links for all the other designs for digital computers using air for computation. It was quite a fad!)
In my search for the FLOWDAC I sent an info. packet to Fran and she talked it up on her You Tube Channel. It starts at 8:10 ua-cam.com/video/5qgxsJp8MZk/v-deo.html . If you give me an address I'll send you a FLOWDAC info pack
7:45 Removable disk packs were actually feasible to carry around--or at least between the drive and a rack in the same computer room. Maybe 10-15kg?
We speak about an era when geek and nerd needed muscle to change software
6:48 The very first Apple Ipod had a tiny hard drive in it, I believe made by Toshiba. There was this brief window around the early ’00s where there was a market for very small hard drives, until flash memory came along and wiped them out.
6:52 Unlikely to be an SSD, with that characteristic circular hub in the middle. I’d say it’s a hard drive.
3:55 Imagine that--a physical sign with hyperlinks!
Seems inevitable in retrospect, really...
So Cool! Hey is there a working model of this 1964 computer called FLODAC patent 3190554 out there? It used air to do digital computation and I want to make one using 3D printing.
lol that's why i clicked this vid too
An image of the FLODAC is hard to find but it exists in bad quality on a pdf document that I have
@@jayc2469 That's what I have , just an image of sort or rectangular blob. I've asked around at various computer museums, but no reply. I still like the idea of a FLOWDAC being made with 3D printing tech that could compute something like logarithms. Make a cool You Tube post to be sure. Thanks for your reply. ( Google the FLOWDAC patent number and check out the links for all the other designs for digital computers using air for computation. It was quite a fad!)
In my search for the FLOWDAC I sent an info. packet to Fran and she talked it up on her You Tube Channel. It starts at 8:10 ua-cam.com/video/5qgxsJp8MZk/v-deo.html . If you give me an address I'll send you a FLOWDAC info pack
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SHOES OVER CARS?
Where did they find this chick?
She can’t pronounce Oregon…
DO GEEKS PRAY TO GOD ALMIGHTY?
They don’t need to. The wonderful thing about science is that it works whether you believe in it or not.
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 what a strange and inaccurate comment.
@@lookoutforchris It’s provably true, though.