Remembering RAMAC

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Thu May 26 20:29:06 CDT 2005


On Thu, 26 May 2005, Eric Smith wrote:

> spare40tire wrote:
> > IBM did have a drum based machine before the 305 Ramac.
> > I believe the model # was 650 and was also known as a 650 Ramac.
>
> I don't think it was known as a RAMAC.  Maybe some people called it
> that *after* the introduction of the 305 and 350.

Is that model number (650) correct?  I'm pretty sure IBM wouldn't assign
the same model number to two separate products.

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