Buffalo Skeleton: HDD Hangucker with a viewing window for the company’s 50th anniversary 22 comments
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Memory supplier Buffalo is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an unusual new edition: the transparent skeleton hard drive from 1998 has received a chic aluminum casing and about 1,000 times more storage space. The magnetic head dances in the desired clock via the app.
A massive eye-catcher with 4 TB of space
Even though the Buffalo HD-SKL can be used practically as an external USB data carrier with 4 TB of space, it has one thing above all: a striking eye-catcher. The housing has a viewing window, allowing the rotating magnetic window and the dancing read/write head to be viewed. With the bracket, the external hard drive weighs a hefty 1.5 kilograms and measures 126 × 185 × 115 mm.
The HD-SKL for the Anniversary (image: buffalo) 1 of 6
However, much trust is apparently not placed in the technology, as the warranty period is stated to be only 1 month, provided the Japanese machine translation is correct.
Hard Drive Head Dances in Different Modes
With the Windows application “Seek Wizard,” the magnetic head can also be forced into a certain “choreography” by the user. There are modes such as “random search” and “sequential search,” but also “metronome” or “waves.”
Limited Edition and the Original
In keeping with the 50th anniversary, the anniversary hard drive is limited to 50 pieces. The price is 100,000 Japanese yen, which currently corresponds to around 612 euros.
The Buffalo Skeleton hard drive served as a 4.3 GB model starting in 1998.
The original Skeleton HDD from 1998 (Image: Buffalo)
Have you ever owned a hard drive with a window?
The idea of a hard drive with a transparent cover isn’t new. Western Digital launched the WD Raptor X with a viewing window nearly 20 years ago. The 3.5″ hard drive spun at 10,000 RPM and delivered 150 GB of storage space.
It’s unclear which hard drive manufacturer Buffalo is based on for the special edition, but Toshiba is a regional partner.
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