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02-02-2011, 01:22 PM

Ditter43

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Hint: picture was taken in 1956...
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Hint: picture was taken in 1956...

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02-02-2011, 01:24 PM

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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

02-02-2011, 01:25 PM

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A computer??

Edit: We were typing at the same time. Hey, I was right!

02-02-2011, 01:25 PM

erstan947

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The answer is??????

My only guess is a computer

02-02-2011, 01:43 PM

quiltlonger

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Oh, how far we have come, why can't we figure out peace!!

02-02-2011, 01:49 PM

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I just asked my son to come guess..A pizza oven ! I guess he's hungry from his snow day!! :thumbup:

02-02-2011, 02:17 PM

Midwestmary

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hmm...not a clue, but I recognized the airline as Pan American...does that count?????

02-02-2011, 02:22 PM

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thanks for sharing with us

02-02-2011, 04:34 PM

carhop

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when i first started with computers the company had a room with 10 not quite that big and when i went back to school 30 yrs alter my teacher had never seen one that big, boy time sure flies