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oct 31, 1956 - First Computer Hard Disk

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The drive held 5MB of data at $10,000 a megabyte. The system was as big as two refrigerators. Nowadays there are hard drives that fit in your hand that can hold 2 terabytes. 1 MB is equal to 0.000001 TB

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oct 31, 1956
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~ 68 years ago
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