Guess What This Is...

Harvey

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This picture was taken in 1956.

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It's a hard disk drive with 5 MB of storage. :p

In September 1956, IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a "whopping" 5 MB of data.

Do you appreciate your 8 GB memory stick a little more now? :cool:

More info on IBM's 305 RAMAC.

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RSaylors

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Hum.. I guess even in the 50s there was a reason to think people might need more than 512kb of memory...