An IBM 5 MB hard-drive being shipped to its new owner.

Apr 3rd, 2020 3:19 pm

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redflag5050 [OP]: Sr. Member; Nov 5, 2009; 831 posts; 126 upvotes; Montreal

Apr 3rd, 2020 3:19 pm

An IBM 5 MB hard-drive being shipped to its new owner.

An IBM 5 MB hard-drive being shipped to its new owner, 1956.

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Apr 4th, 2020 1:00 am

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chatbox: Deal Guru; Apr 17, 2003; 10350 posts; 6808 upvotes

Apr 4th, 2020 1:00 am

If one were to have a 16TB data-centre back then...how big would that be?

Apr 4th, 2020 2:09 am

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toalan: Deal Fanatic; Nov 17, 2004; 7109 posts; 1443 upvotes; Toronto

Apr 4th, 2020 2:09 am

If they run doublespace that is 10 MB

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Apr 4th, 2020 2:31 am

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Keigotw: Deal Expert; Mar 25, 2003; 16037 posts; 4547 upvotes; Markham

Apr 4th, 2020 2:31 am

toalan wrote: ↑ If they run doublespace that is 10 MB

Don't think doublespace was available in 1956

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Apr 4th, 2020 3:12 am

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Hello-: Deal Addict; Dec 22, 2006; 2817 posts; 265 upvotes; Toronto

Apr 4th, 2020 3:12 am

They should upgrade to solid state storage asap. Just need 5 million transistors?

Apr 4th, 2020 9:58 am

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ES_Revenge: Deal Expert; Mar 23, 2004; 28716 posts; 9164 upvotes

Apr 4th, 2020 9:58 am

chatbox wrote: ↑ If one were to have a 16TB data-centre back then...how big would that be?

Oh, you know, only about three million times the size of that thing

Apr 4th, 2020 1:11 pm

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Scote64: Deal Addict; Jan 21, 2018; 4565 posts; 4616 upvotes; Vancouver

Apr 4th, 2020 1:11 pm

I have a sample IBM core memory board from those days too. You know the ones where each bit was an actual magnetic core, a tiny metal ring strung on crossing address wires. It has 20 x 50 cores storing 1 Kbit.

Apr 10th, 2020 9:36 pm

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akito925: Deal Guru; Jan 11, 2004; 10020 posts; 876 upvotes; Toronto

Apr 10th, 2020 9:36 pm

i have some old tech too.. I have a seagate harddrive at the size of a 15minch laptop too. its 5 mb too. lol

and if anyone remembers a harddrive called miniscrib, then its old tech lol.

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Apr 11th, 2020 2:21 pm

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mrct1944: Member; May 28, 2012; 421 posts; 366 upvotes; ONT

Apr 11th, 2020 2:21 pm

Reminds me of medical systems I sold in the late 70's with DEC 176 MB drives the size of dishwashers. Also cost about $60K each. One benefit was you could take out the the actual platter pack and replace with another one.