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Storage Barns in a Thimble ( Computer storage that is )
Business Week ^ | Oct 1, 2002 | Alex Salkever,

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Technical
KEYWORDS: computing; storage; techindex; technology

1 posted on 10/08/2002 10:42:24 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 10/08/2002 10:43:32 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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3 posted on 10/08/2002 10:47:29 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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4 posted on 10/09/2002 8:40:05 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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"Scientist say it could ultimately take storage to levels of 50 terabits per square inch or beyond".

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