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jan 13, 1956 - First HDD Device

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Hard drives were invented in 1956 under the codename RAMAC by an IBM San Jose team lead by Reynold Johnson. It was announced in 1956 with the new IBM 305 RAMAC computer.

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jan 13, 1956
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~ 70 years ago