I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
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I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).
Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?
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I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).
Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?
@agowa338 If it were me, I would use 35mm film or some similar microfiche format to take photos of what you want stories, and use OCR to scan it in. Film has a very high resolution, so the density of what you could store could be pretty high. Also, black and white film can last forever if stored properly.
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I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).
Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?
@agowa338 Depends on what still counts as "diy" here: Buying off-the-shelf flash chips to put on a manufactured PCB gives very different results from having to create your own magnetic tape (which has been done: https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/111275088385639559) or floppies (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/11/dont-say-this-diy-diskette-was-a-flop/).
Either still requires a self-made drive, not sure if _those_ have been done...
Also, is write-once eligible? That would give more options (e.g. punch tape/cards)
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I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).
Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?
@agowa338 well if you want to make the media, then paper is a candidate, density is not great but I suppose you could laser a few QR codes on a sheet.
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I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).
Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?
@agowa338 Somebody published a video last year showing his efforts to build a 3.5" floppy disk from scratch - building the disk drive will certainly require even more effort...
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