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jan 1, 1954 - IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator intrduced

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Spinning at 12,500 rpm, the 650´s magnetic data-storage drum allowed much faster access to stored information than other drum-based machines.

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jan 1, 1954
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~ 72 years ago