[BITList] CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS ?

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Subject: CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS ?   Its believed to be a hard disk drive in 1956....The Volume and Size of 5MB memory storage in 1956.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. Makes you appreciate your 4 GB USB thumb drive, doesn't it?   
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