Researcher builds bizarre 128-byte USB drive the size of a dinner plate using ancient pre-semiconductor magnetic core memory technology — data disappears once it is read, requiring special handling

Tom's Hardware
Feb 1, 2026, 2:27 pm106 pts
A computing enthusiast has assembled one of the most bizarre low-capacity USB drives we have ever seen.

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