Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoA 5MB Hard Drive, 1956sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageA 5MB Hard Drive, 1956sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThe hard drive IBM shipped in 1956: Stored five megabytes Cost $11,000 per megabyte * Was 60 inches long x 68 inches high x 29 inches deep Weighed about one ton * about $121,819.66 per mb in today’s money.
The hard drive IBM shipped in 1956:
* about $121,819.66 per mb in today’s money.