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	hard disk in 1956

KailaAnn82

12-4-2007 9:46 PM

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12-4-2007 10:59 PM

BartendingBear

Gee, now if I could go back in time, maybe they'd be interested in that box of 100 floppies I have in my closet.

12-4-2007 11:01 PM

ljsdesign

When computers took up whole rooms, whoa

12-4-2007 11:40 PM

Deepti

Someday our 4 GB USB drive is going to look gigantic too....

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Its a hard disk in 1956....
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The Volume and Size of 5MB memory storage in 1956.
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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 5MB of data.
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Makes you appreciate your 4 GB USB drive, doesn't it?
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