• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Apparently, back in the days when a hard drive was the size of a clothes dryer, some enterprising engineering students would hack the device drivers so they could make the thing gradually scoot itself across the room using nothing but well-timed drive head thrashing.

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      9 months ago

      That’s awesome. What a student thing to do, as well!