In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.
Here's a picture of one being unloaded from an airplane: http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2007/01/the-hard-disk-at-1956-ibm-305-ramac/ It might hold one of my iPODs songs, but not in my shirt pocket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
