1956 IBM 305 5MB Hard Disk Drive

[DynamoNED]

I saw this on Crucial Memory's Facebook page, and thought all of you'd get a kick out of it.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4171/1956ibm305hdd.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/1956ibm305hdd.jpg/)

That's a 1956 IBM 305 RAMAC Hard Disk Drive with 5 MB of storage - weighed in at over 1 ton. Annual lease cost was about $35,000.

Just a week ago, I got a 16GB flash drive from NewEgg for $25 plus shipping. That's over 3,000 times the storage for 1/1,400th the price and at 1/16,000th the weight (assuming a flash drive weighs 2 ounces).

If that's the progress we've made in 55 years, I can't wait to see what's out in another 55 years!

[AmEv]

4 picobyte completely wireless drives. Like Smart cards, their power is from the radio waves.

[artoodeeto]

Virtual Hard Drives. They'll store an infinite amount of data without actually existing. :P

[Munty]

Further proof that time-travel is impossible... Give me a Delorean and a flash drive and I'd be a richman lol

[x88x]

Just a week ago, I got a 16GB flash drive from NewEgg for $25 plus shipping. That's over 3,000 times the storage for 1/1,400th the price and at 1/16,000th the weight (assuming a flash drive weighs 2 ounces).
I imagine the shipping was a lot cheaper than a private jet too. :P


4 picobyte completely wireless drives. Like Smart cards, their power is from the radio waves.
Nah, they'll just be 4 petabyte (I assume that's what you meant...pico == 1E-12, peta == 1E15) smartcards. :D

[Cale_Hagan]

:eek: that's just amazing... dont forget that in 1985 intel released mind blowing speeds of 12 mhz on the 386. those were top dollar. and now we have 6 cores @ 3.33ghz..... wow time flys:whistler:

[AmEv]

Well, the IBM AT flies @ 4.77 MHz.


And yes, I meant Peta.

I knew it had something to do with P.


Uhm..... :eek:

[rgathright]

The Navy was using large array's of similar IBM hard drives during Vietnam to store reconnaissance photography on their carriers.

Imagine what they are using today!

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

PS3s running a custom firmware :D alot of them...

[x88x]

PS3s running a custom firmware :D alot of them...

Now that's just silly. The Navy wouldn't do that.. No, no, no...that's the Air Force.. :whistler: :P

And actually, yeah, it's an interestingly similar purpose. Not just storing the recon photos, but still.
http://www.hpcwire.com/blogs/Air-Forces-PS3-Condor-Cluster-Takes-Flight-111297414.html

[AmEv]

Something seems off here...

"We don't serve time-travelers here"

Marty McFly steps out of his car.


Or a dead man, if you bump into the wrong guy.

Further proof that time-travel is impossible... Give me a Delorean and a flash drive and I'd be a richman lol