Reminds me of the 10MB Drive I bought from radio shack and paid 2000.00. After 8" and 5" Floppies I though I had died and gone to storage heaven. Jerry
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 10:50 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Guess What This Is? Michael Madigan wrote: > This mail list doesn't allow HTML. Hi Michael, Indeed. I found a link, though. >> That's a marvelous photo and a great view on changing and enlarging >> technology! Guess What This Is? And don't cheat! >> Hint: picture was taken in 1956... http://www.google.com/images?q=1956+hard+disk&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US: unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=12 14&bih=798 or http://tinyurl.com/24be3ct >> It's a *hard disk drive* back in 1956... With *5 MB** of >> storage*. >> >> In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive >> (HDD). The HDD weighed *over a ton* and stored a 'whopping' *5 MB* of data. >> >> Do you appreciate your 8 GB memory stick a little more now? THAT WAS SOME 54 YEARS AGO.......... >> IT IS ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE!!!!!! -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/a1bbe15073b34357bc48fc69ec171...@laptop ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
