Cumulative Computer Quiz #1

Hmmm... I have not read what IBM has been up to for 6 months. I normally am right on top of Hard Drive development. A working PC HD, I'd say 320 GB. Bu tknowing IBM, they have probably got a lab model working at 1.2TB (1,200 GB).

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You said largest hard drive yet created (I'm assuming that refers to memory, not physical space it takes up), so is this hard drive meant for a PC or is it something to be used in a supercomputer?
 
If you're talking about that one made using nanotechnology, I think it said something like 10GB per 7 square milimetres... Not sure about that actual size, though.
 
Well, Phillipe was closest so I might as well give it to him. Late in April IBM sent out a press release saying that they had just manufactured a working 700 Gigabyte HD. If anyone knows of a larger one, please correct me, but this is the largest one I remember hearing of. I'm sure there are larger ones on the drawing boards as we speak.
 
ok thanks.i heard somewhere of a 1terrabyte harddrive:cool:
here is my question:who is the inventor of the mouse and on what is he now working on?
this should be a easy one
 
Doug Englebart, but I have no clue what he is working now.
Perhaps a cat ? :D
 
ok ainwood i think its right but my memory is a bit misted.i ate too much so i will give you the next question:D
 
1)Dunno
2)1987?
3)Dunno

1 out of 3 maybe?:D
 
I just saw this question a few days ago soemwhere... maybe at Gamecatcher or something. I'll hold off on an answer so others can have a chance :). Give some hints to people, to keep it going each day :).
 
Hint:

1.) Not a MS employee (AFAIK). Initials AC
2.) Later than 1987.
3.) The code name is the first-part of the (internal :D) class-name given to MS Office userforms.


Note: I am away for the next 10 days. I'll leave it to Starlifter or PH to come to a consensus on who is "right" with this question.
 
1)Dunno
2)1989?
3)Dunno(I a dumb****, I know, don't have MS Office):D
 
Visual Basic was first released in 1991. I dont' know who made it, but John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz made BASIC in 1964.

Good thing my mom's Visual Basic book was on my book shelf:D
 
The developer of VB was Alan Cooper IIRC.
The very first prototype of VB that was called project 'Ruby' was released and bought by microsoft in 1988, but VB1 was only released in 1991.
No idea about the internal code name - ruby? :confused:
 
Jefei05 was teh first to get the year right, but IceBlaZe had all 3 parts right!


Since ainwood had to leave, I'll pass the next question of to IceBlaZe for getting 3/3 :)
 
Okay.
My question is: What is the theoretical max size of an HardDisk we can achieve today, what technology will it use, and who discovered that technology?
 
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