Sep 15

First Computer With An HDD

- By on September 15th, 2006

First HDD

In this day and age, we’re able to store upto 16Gb of data into something the size of our thumb. But things weren’t always so portable. The BBC posted an image showing the first computer to contain a hard drive. The computer was created in September 1965 by IBM, and was called 305 RAMAC. The actual hard drive weighed over a ton, but was only able to store 5mb of data.

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  1. Velt Cardio
    Velt Cardio
    September 15, 2006 at 12:01 pm | | Reply

    LOL !!!!
    if you look closer you can see the ceros and ones waving at you.

  2. buckarama
    buckarama
    September 15, 2006 at 1:10 pm | | Reply

    try hanging that around your neck!

  3. Deacon
    Deacon
    September 15, 2006 at 2:26 pm | | Reply

    I hate being “that guy” but seriously, GB is NOT THE SAME as Gb. Capitalization matters. 1GB is 8 times the size of 1Gb. Bytes versus bits. Bytes are capitalized, bits are not. 5Mb is five megabits, not five megaBytes. It’s important.

  4. Thepeanutsdad
    Thepeanutsdad
    September 15, 2006 at 9:33 pm | | Reply

    Hey mom. They shipping us the New Tandy 1000TL.
    I hear you can play megatraveller on that and Spacequest!

  5. Wee
    Wee
    September 16, 2006 at 10:45 am | | Reply

    Hey, Deacon. We all hate you being “that guy” too. :)