The Hard Disk at 1956 (IBM 305 RAMAC)

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

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.

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  • http://www.tsldesigns.com/wordpress/ Diana

    Thank goodness we are not living in the 50s era and gadgets are getting compact with more storage :)

  • http://www.tsldesigns.com/wordpress/ Diana

    Thank goodness we are not living in the 50s era and gadgets are getting compact with more storage :)

  • http://www.bravemaverick.com/ bmaverick

    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

  • http://www.bravemaverick.com bmaverick

    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

  • http://e-techblog.com/ e-tech

    haahaa..good find, imagine installing that kinda HD on a pc now…wonder how big the RAM is :P

  • http://e-techblog.com e-tech

    haahaa..good find, imagine installing that kinda HD on a pc now…wonder how big the RAM is :P

  • http://www.syiok.com/ Malaysia Property

    I guess everything got to start somewhere

  • http://www.syiok.com Malaysia Property

    I guess everything got to start somewhere

  • http://www.enblogopedia.com/ Enblogopedia

    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

  • http://www.enblogopedia.com/ Enblogopedia

    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

  • http://www.phantomclf.blogspot.com/ CLF

    Even a mere 128MB thumb drive owns it badly!! Haha…

  • http://www.phantomclf.blogspot.com CLF

    Even a mere 128MB thumb drive owns it badly!! Haha…

  • http://amanz.net/ aman

    wow…so big ar..

  • http://amanz.net aman

    wow…so big ar..

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