[BITList] Guess what this is?

[David Harvey]

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*Guess What This Is?*****



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Hint: The picture was taken in 1956.

Answer below...****




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It's a hard disk drive back in 1956... With *5 MB* of storage.

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 a 'whopping' *5 MB* of data.****

Do you appreciate your *32 GB* memory stick a little more now?****




  ...............SORT OF GIVES A NEW APPRECIATION TO THE WORD "LAPTOP"
COMPUTER...........****


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