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Title: Whopping 5 MB Hard Disk Drive Post by: Kathie Shayne on July 01, 2010, 11:54:34 AM Guess, what this is ?
(http://800013.xyz/files/techzug/imgs/peripherals/5mb_hard_drive_01.jpg) Managed a guess ? No ? | | | | | | | | | | A small vague hint : This picture was taken in the year 1956 !!! | | | | | | | | | | Made a guess yet ? No ? OK ..... here is the answer ..... | | | | | | | | | | This is an actual mainframe computer hard disk drive, with 5 MB of storage space ! In September 1956, I.B.M. launched the " 305 RAMAC " It was called the world's first " Super Computer " with a hard disk drive ( H.D.D.). The HDD weighed over a Ton and stored a " Whopping " 5 MB of data ! Do you appreciate your little 20 GB memory stick, a little more now ? |