Amazing 1950s Computer Harddrive – Weighs Over a Ton!

This is the IBM 305 RAMAC, the very first computer to contain a hard disc drive. It weighed over a ton and stored….WAIT FOR IT…5 MBs OF DATA!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you kidding me?
I have a flash drive smaller than my thumb that holds 8 GBs.
For those of us doing math, that’s 1,600 times as much data.
I’ll wait now, while you mull that.
Is your mind blown? If not…it well and truly should be.

