What are your thoughts about the first IBM's hard drive that weighed a ton? How would you put it into perspective when compared to today's advancement? - Quora
Art Jonak - A 5 MB hard drive being fork-lifted out of a plane cargo hold in 1956. Does progress like this impress us... or do we just take it for granted? | Facebook
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The first 5 megabyte computer hard drive in September 1956 - IBM's 305 RAMAC | Computer history, Driving, Hard drive
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Spacexx on X: "A 5 megabyte hard drive in 1956 vs. 1 terabyte today. A terabyte hard drive in 1956 would be the size of a 40-story building. https://t.co/Xiel5mTkbL" / X
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