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From Wikipedia
Quantum Bigfoot (original series)
Retail 1.2/2.5 GB drive
The first generation Quantum Bigfoot drives were introduced around May 1996[7] and offered in capacities of 1.2 GB (1 platter, 2 heads) and 2.5 GB (2 platters, 4 heads),[8] with suggested retail prices of $225 and $370 respectively. These drives offered only ATA-2 PIO Mode 4 and DMA mode 2 support (16.6 MBps) and had an average seek time of 15 ms. Actual transfer rate from the platters was much lower, measured at 813 KB/s by PC Magazine using Disk WinMark 96, slower than a same-capacity/similar-capacity Quantum Fireball (3.5″) drive, which delivered 1170 KB/s.[9]
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Bloody hell. Surprised any are still working
I’m not, they’re completely immortal.
Those things were troopers.
Ah Mr. Bigfoot, we meet again. I have a 3GB one lying around the house somewhere. Still works too!
Slow drives, even in the day. Cheap and reliable. I have two still around. Now they’re all laptop drives in an aluminum heat-sink/adapter
I pulled an 8g one last night from an old frankenstein machine.
Quantum had the best name for a hard drive company.
Who needs a gate by the sea?
ho a big foot 🙂
I’ve got one alive and kicking hard! 🙂