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50th Anniversary of the Hard Disk Drive]
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:45:40 +0900
Begin forwarded message: From: Rod Van Meter <rdv () alumni caltech edu> Date: September 14, 2006 6:21:11 AM JST To: dave () farber net Subject: [Fwd: 50th Anniversary of the Hard Disk Drive] Reply-To: rdv () alumni caltech edu Dave, Jack Cole gave me permission to forward this on to you for IP. --Rod From: Cole, John (Civ, ARL/CISD) <cole () ARL ARMY MIL> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:43:04 -0400 The 50th anniversary of shipment of the first hard drive will occur this Wednesday, September 13, 2006. The original hard disk drive (IBM 305 RAMAC) in 1956 stored only 5MB of data on fifty 24-inch disks and weighed over 250 kg (over 550 pounds). About the size of two large refrigerators and as tall as a man, you could lease the whole unit for about $250,000/year in today's dollars and not quite store two mp3 copies of Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog". RAMAC = Random Access Memory Accounting System http://www.magneticdiskheritagecenter.org/ http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_PH0305.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BRL61-IBM_305_RAMAC.jpeg http://www.computerhistory.org/50yearsHDD-c/ http://news.com.com/2300-1015_3-6110361-1.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14096484/site/newsweek/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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