The BIGGEST Hard Drive I've EVER Had | SM5400 Bulgarian HDD

Опубликовано: 17 Май 2026
на канале: Chornobyl Family 🇺🇦
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Today, we have a massive piece of computer history in quite a literal sense. This is one of the very first Soviet hard disks, the CM 5400, produced in 1986 in Bulgaria. These drives were widely used in multiple PDP-11 compatible systems across the Chernobyl Zone.

00:00 – Well, this is a device.
01:14 – Spoiler alert!
02:20 – Overview
04:26 – Where were these drives used?
06:17 – Accessing the built-in disk
07:31 – Cleaning system
09:07 – Heads assembly and monster capacitors
10:48 – Removable disk
11:58 – Outro
12:56 – Obligatory cat performance

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