Remembering RAMAC

Paul Koning pkoning at equallogic.com
Thu May 26 16:34:43 CDT 2005


>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> writes:

 Eric> spare40tire wrote:

 >> I can't remember any hard disks greater then 50MB being available
 >> even into the late 1980's.

 Eric> IBM 1302, 87 MB, introduced September 1963

CDC 6638, 100 MB, 1964 or thereabouts...  (It even looks a bit like
RAMAC.)

 Eric> DEC RP04 (manfactured by ISS/Sperry), 120 MB removable pack,

88 MB actually...

Also DEC RP07 (also Sperry I think), 500 MB, around 1981.

   paul



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