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| ‘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 5 MB of data.’ - Texomatube |
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Is that a Flash Drive in your pocket...or the First IBM super computer? Nice photo showing the change over time of computer storage capability...
(Via Carpe Diem) For those of us of a certain age and novice users of computers, this is a reminder of how far technology has evolved in our lifetimes. Still dont know how those little pin drives work, but I am happy they do...
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