E-Mac Arabia - Moving a 5MB IBM Hard Drive This enormous box contains a 5MB IBM hard drive, 1956. | Facebook
![The IBM 305 RAMAC (the first "SUPER" computer), launched in 1956, weighing over a ton and costing ~$35,000 in today's dollars, compared to the 1tb thumb drive I just ordered from Amazon The IBM 305 RAMAC (the first "SUPER" computer), launched in 1956, weighing over a ton and costing ~$35,000 in today's dollars, compared to the 1tb thumb drive I just ordered from Amazon](https://preview.redd.it/the-ibm-305-ramac-the-first-super-computer-launched-in-1956-v0-46uwy37geyy91.jpg?auto=webp&s=da80968526ad8f1d4152da3632b16c97b2f20203)
The IBM 305 RAMAC (the first "SUPER" computer), launched in 1956, weighing over a ton and costing ~$35,000 in today's dollars, compared to the 1tb thumb drive I just ordered from Amazon
![1: The first hard disk drive, called RAMAC and introduced by IBM in... | Download Scientific Diagram 1: The first hard disk drive, called RAMAC and introduced by IBM in... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272491811/figure/fig1/AS:652604665262080@1532604485307/The-first-hard-disk-drive-called-RAMAC-and-introduced-by-IBM-in-1956-The-drive.png)
1: The first hard disk drive, called RAMAC and introduced by IBM in... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India](https://www.businessinsider.in/photo/55097768/1980-Seagate-introduced-a-competing-drive-to-IBM-By-this-point-the-5MB-had-shrunk-in-size-to-just-a-5-25-inch-hard-disk-It-cost-4300-in-todays-dollars-.jpg)
Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India
![IBM 1956 283GB 10K RPM SAS SFF-2 Hard Disk Drive HDD CCIN 19B7 Power7 iSeries z7 for sale online | eBay IBM 1956 283GB 10K RPM SAS SFF-2 Hard Disk Drive HDD CCIN 19B7 Power7 iSeries z7 for sale online | eBay](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Ai4AAOSwXm5jP1zr/s-l640.jpg)
IBM 1956 283GB 10K RPM SAS SFF-2 Hard Disk Drive HDD CCIN 19B7 Power7 iSeries z7 for sale online | eBay
![Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/t9jgnpne3em21.png?auto=webp&s=514b01ebbb19836aa8bae8055264182c2241dadb)