Wednesday, April 28, 2010

    Identify


    Guest Question from one our readers... this one is from Arjun Mehra


    What is being transported in this pic?


    Bijeet has all the details...


    IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) Hard Disk Drive.
    The HDD weighed over a ton.
    Max Capacity: 5 MB.

    I guess the picture is circa 1956.

    Pan American Airlines the airline in the picture was a customer and a partner of IBM. IBM almost exclusively used PanAm to move its hardwares.



    Chitananda, Bijeet, vish, Zish, Bhople, Blogbyp and guessthelogo got it correct

    8 attempts:

    Chithananda said...

    IBM RAMAC 305, 1 ton weight, capacity 5MB

    bjt said...

    IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) Hard Disk Drive.
    The HDD weighed over a ton.
    Max Capacity: 5 MB.

    I guess the picture is circa 1956.

    Pan American Airlines the airline in the picture was a customer and a partner of IBM. IBM almost exclusively used PanAm to move its hardwares.

    Nihar said...

    ENola Gay- Fat man/ Little boy????

    goatboi said...

    World's first hard disk... Had around 5mb memory :D

    santosh.bhople said...

    IBM 5MB Hard Disk. It was called IBM Model 350 Disk File.
    In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a moving hard disk drive (HDD).The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.

    Unknown said...

    It is a Hard Disk, it is weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.

    Unknown said...

    It's a IBM hard disk drive(HDD) launched back in 1956 with 5 MB of storage. It weighed over a ton.

    www.guessthelogo.blogspot.com said...

    World first HDD(Hard Disc Drive).
    www.guessthelogo.blogspot.com