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What is the origin of the hard drive light?
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Mar 15, 202611561 viewsConfidence Score0%
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In practically every computer I've had, there's always been a light to display hard drive activity. What's its origin and original use?
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Well, I can say, as an engineer for MiniScribe (later Maxtor), it's exactly what it appears to be. It's an "activity" light. It was a way for us to tell that a command had been received through the interface and was underway. It was a debugging tool…
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