"We might sometimes complain about the limitations of today's technology, but
there's nothing like seeing photos of a 27Kg hard drive with a capacity of 5MB
to put things into perspective. PC Authority has toured the Computer History
Museum in California, and has posted these fascinating photos, including
monster 27Kg and 60Kg drives, and a SAGE air-defense system. Each SAGE housed
an A/N FSQ-7 computer, which had around 60,000 vacuum tubes. IBM constructed
the hardware, and each computer occupied a huge amount of space. From its
completion in 1954 it analyzed radar data in real-time, to provide a complete
picture of US Airspace during the cold war. Other interesting photos and trivia
include some giant early IBM disc platters, and pics of a curvaceous Cray-1
supercomputer, built in 1972. It was the fastest machine in the world until
1977 and an icon for decades. It cost a mere $6 million, and could perform at
160MFLOPS — which your phone can now
comfortably manage."
Just in case the above link does not work try
this:<http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Gallery/153867,computer-history-museum-photo-gallery-weird-fascinating-photos-including-a-giant-cray-and-a-60kg-hard-drive.aspx/1>
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