[mdlug] IT Legal case, and excellant photo of 1970's hard disk technology

[Paul]

Paul <set at pobox.com>, on Fri Mar 06, 2009 [12:47:42 AM] said:
> > Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > > <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/court-self-incrimination-privilege-stops-with-passwords.ars>
> > >   
> 	Hi;
> 
> 	Actually; that looks like a drive with a removable disc pack.
> You can see the heads have been retracted and the little rollers
> compressed the opposing heads to draw away from the platters. The
> ones I have seen like this were typically about the size of a washing
> machine and the discs were 14" platters. Commonly found in dinosaur
> pens.
> 

	Looking again, those rollers may be some sort of assembly
tool. Hard to tell. The thickness of the discs also look to be
way to thick proportionally for 14" platters. The discs are definitely
fairly old, as they look aluminum and have a ferric oxide coating.

Paul
set at pobox.com