Can You Guess What This Is?
It's a 5 MB Hard Disk!!
The Volume and Size of 5 MB memory storage in 1956. In September 1956 IBM
launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The
HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data. Now you can start
appreciating your 16 GB flash drive!
http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/storage.asp
Cost of Hard Drive Space:
http://www.alts.net/ns1625/winchest.html
Tags: 1956, 305, 5, byte, computer, drive, hard, hdd, ibm, mb
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6 Comments
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Comment by Brian Buckley on June 27, 2009 at 10:50am - portable
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Comment by shellyelliot on January 13, 2009 at 8:23pm - WOW - it's so sleek!
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Comment by BrianH on January 13, 2009 at 12:37am - How primitive. I have a Seagate 20MB drive around here somewhere that's WAY smaller than that...like, the size of a brick. Practically a flash drive compared to that.
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Comment by TyphoidKitten on January 12, 2009 at 6:31pm - ...wonder what a TB would look like back then.
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Comment by Edward on January 12, 2009 at 2:52pm - That must be the most robust 5 MB hard drive ever.
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Comment by Andrew on January 12, 2009 at 2:23pm - that looks portable
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