Thursday, March 8, 2012

Guess what is this?

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In 1956 this was a major achievement in the world of computers. This equipment is being transported by a special carrier to deliver it to the customer. Make a guess, what is it? Post your answer to this blog.

4 comments:

  1. This is a hard drive in 1956, made by IBM.

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  2. This is the Model 305 Disk Storage unit, later called the Random Access Method of Accounting and Control made by IBM in 1956. One of the first Disk Drives which initially came to the forefront in 1955.

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  3. It's the first computer that had a hard disk made by IBM

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  4. It's a hard disk drive back in 1956 used by IBM for its 305 RAMAC, the first computer launched in September 1956 with this hard disk drive (HDD)weighing over a ton with a storage capacity of 5 MB data.

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