surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1810arrow-down118
arrow-up1792arrow-down1imageDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldsurfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squareegeres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoWhat are they made of anyways?? Could one see any etching marks with a microscope?
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoUsually aluminium or glass. There’s a metallic coating applied to the outside surfaces that stores the data. That layer is very thin though, so most of the material is the substrate.
minus-squarebrlemworld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoBunch of tiny magnets either north or south.
What are they made of anyways?? Could one see any etching marks with a microscope?
Usually aluminium or glass. There’s a metallic coating applied to the outside surfaces that stores the data. That layer is very thin though, so most of the material is the substrate.
Bunch of tiny magnets either north or south.
They aren’t etched