Why People Buy? - Digital Products Reviewed | The Magic Tricks Blog - It's all about magic! | DNCouch - The New Domain Name Forum
December 20th, 2006

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

Posted by Matt | Discussion: Leave a comment »

Filed under Factoids + Technology


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.

1st_harddisk

1st_harddisk2

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_305

Source: Email

post with your friends & family!

Digg it!
Reddit
Delicious
Sphinn it!

Tags:
 
 No tag for this post.
PoorAverageGoodGreatExcellent · 0 Ratings
Loading ... Loading ...
· Popularity: 2% · Views: 1,288 times
Quick Bookmark: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Digg Reddit Sphinn del.icio.us Facebook StumbleUpon Pownce Google Furl co.mments Propeller Mixx Simpy BlinkList

Related posts

  • No related posts.

Sign up to receive the latest updates from BlogIsEverything.com. You might as well subscribe to the RSS feed.

Advertisement:

Leave a Comment

Name (required)

Email Address (required, not published)

Website

Your Comment:

Please note: Comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment.

Subscribe & Bookmark

    Feed Subscription Bookmark and Share

Search BlogIsEverything.com

BlogIsEverything.com Updates

    Sign up to receive the latest updates from BlogIsEverything.com. You might as well subscribe to the RSS feed.

Categories

Top Rated Posts

Most Viewed Posts

Most Commented Posts

page counter