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* [COFF] The IBM 305 RAMAC
@ 2018-09-12 22:17 dave
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The IBM 305 RAMAC was introduced to the public on this day in 1956.  The 
first commercial computer with a hard drive that used magnetic disk 
storage, it weighed over a ton.

-- Dave


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