THE VIDEO SHELF · hard drive technology
Get Perpendicular
A Hitachi promotional cartoon in the style of Schoolhouse Rock explaining perpendicular magnetic recording for hard drives.
Why HN readers recommended it
Remembered fondly as a fun, memorable animated explanation of how perpendicular disk storage works.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- teraera08
- Topic
- hard drive technology
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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maybe not CS concepts, but wanted to re-share Perpendicular disc storage from Hitachi. [VIDEO] It's a simple concept to explain, but animation sure makes it fun and lasting.
pcurve on Hacker News · 2023-01
In Ask HN: What's your favorite illustration in Computer Science?That song is etched into my memory and bring back a flood of great feelings. Daily Motion is giving me a playback error, but here's a copy from youtube: [VIDEO]
staticshock on Hacker News · 2026-05
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