I was at the disclosure meeting in Poughkeepsie when the cmos machines were announced with the Ramac. At lunch I was seated with the Ramac engineer. I couldn't asking how legal let them use the same name. His reply was "they are too young to remember".
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: 305 RAMAC 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-ra mac/ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
