First Computer with Hard Disk (5 MB) Weighed 1 Ton!

Posted by Alex in Pictures on December 13, 2006 at 2:47 pm


From the website:

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.

Found at Popular-Pics - via growabrain.


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