If not IBM then Who was First

[Jules Richardson]

On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:58 -0700, Eric Smith wrote:
> jrkeys wrote:
> > Most people give IBM credit for the Sept 1956 creation of the RAMAC as the
> > first hard drive but is that true?
> 
> No, RAMAC was really based on hardware salvaged from the Roswell crash.
> IBM worked with the USAF for nine years to figure out how it worked and
> how to manufacture a similar device.

... and they could have done it in a few months if the darn aliens had
been using FutureKeep :-)