Posted on 10/08/2002 10:42:24 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:16:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
In June, 1956, IBM shipped the world's first commercial magnetic hard-disk drive. As big as a garden shed, the unit used 50 magnetic disks spinning at 1,200 revolutions per minute. Together, the disks could hold five megabytes of data. IBM rented out the contraption for tens of thousands of dollars per year.
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BUMP for more Storage Space!( I'd like mine NOW please! LOL)
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