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The Hard Disk at 1956 (IBM 305 RAMAC)

Filed in: Gadgets, Interesting — January 3rd, 2007

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The Hard Disk at 1956

In September 1956, IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The hard disk weighed over a ton and capable of storing 5MB in data.

[Thanks, HuiChoo]

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  • Thank goodness we are not living in the 50s era and gadgets are getting compact with more storage :)
  • that was our history, the great moment when IBM struggle to invent for future use (that is now, our time and more time to come..) i always love these kind of people
  • haahaa..good find, imagine installing that kinda HD on a pc now...wonder how big the RAM is :P
  • I guess everything got to start somewhere
  • Nice....really it`s impressive !
    Well I believe in the few years to come u`ll don't need a physical HD...I think u`ll use the air to store our data :P
  • Even a mere 128MB thumb drive owns it badly!! Haha...
  • wow...so big ar..
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