cm0002@piefed.world to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 6 months agoIBM 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 RPMwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down10
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkIBM 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 RPMwww.tomshardware.comcm0002@piefed.world to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 months agoHaven’t RTFA yet, but I’m gonna go ahead out on a limb, and say this was one of those “if you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it” scenarios.
minus-squaredparticiple@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up35·6 months agoThe Tom’s Hardware article doesn’t discuss the pricing structure, however the Wikipedia article does – the RAMAC 305 was leased, not purchased, for $35,800 per month in 2024 USD).
Haven’t RTFA yet, but I’m gonna go ahead out on a limb, and say this was one of those “if you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it” scenarios.
The Tom’s Hardware article doesn’t discuss the pricing structure, however the Wikipedia article does – the RAMAC 305 was leased, not purchased, for $35,800 per month in 2024 USD).