The zenith of technological achievement 1956

June 10, 2010

This came from my old friend Don Anderson

Can You Guess What This Is?

Hint: picture was taken in 1956…

It's a hard disk drive back in 1956… With 5 MB of storage.

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.

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