Seagate Turns Thirty; Sends Us a Sweet T-Shirt
Seagate Turns Thirty; Sends Us a Sweet T-Shirt
Posted 12/04/2009 at 6:45pm
| by Nathan Edwards
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"Do you remember 1979," asks the letter we got from Seagate Technology today, which goes on to remind us that that was the year of the Iran hostage crisis, the Sony Walkman, and the world's first snowboard. Oh, and Shugart Technologies, later to be known as Seagate, was founded.
To commemorate the occasion, Seagate sent along a neat t-shirt, with a 70s-style graphic of their very first hard drive: the 5MB ST506—which came out in 1980, but close enough. Associate Online Editor Alex Castle just happened to have a vintage ST506 hanging out on his desk, so we snapped a shot of the shirt and the drive together.
On left, Associate Editor Nathan Edwards models the Seagate t-shirt,
while Associate Online Editor holds up his vintage Seagate ST506.
Neither of us, unfortunately, remember 1979. But close enough. Congratulations, Seagate!
Update: You can enter to win one of these sweet shirts (or a 320GB FreeAgent Go portable hard drive) on Seagate's site.
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ddimick
December 05, 2009 at 4:18pm
Can I trade in some of my 7200.12 drives for a shirt? Pretty sure the shirt will work better and last longer, even if it only makes it a few months.
john 2
July 29, 2010 at 12:51am
T-shirts have also become a medium for self-expression and advertising, with any imaginable combination of words, art and even photographs on display...
http://www.stitchgift.com
1337Goose
December 05, 2009 at 11:09am
I love how Nathan is MaxPC's official model.
He was on the cover of the Magazine a while ago and now this...
Keep it up man... that modeling contract in within reach!
~Goose
Calibretto
December 04, 2009 at 9:14pm
You guys are a little late on this one. They turned 30 on Dec 1st.
Nitecascade
December 05, 2009 at 12:31am
I second that, I would like one of those shirts.
I may not have had a 5 mb drive but I did have a great 20mb drive that looked fairly close lol
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