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IBM announced the world’s first HDD, the 3.75MB RAMAC 350 disk storage unit, 69 years ago today — unit weighed more than a ton, 50 platters ran at 1,200 RPM (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

RAMAC 350 would allow businesses to get rid of their old tub files full of punch cards, and many human filing operatives.

For anyone wondering how it made financial sense, as usual, the goal was to replace expensive, touchy, uppity humans with machines.

[–] moody 10 points 4 weeks ago

I hate uppity humans.

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