![Simon Banks on Twitter: "The first hard disk drive was the IBM Model 350 Disk File that came with the IBM 305 RAMAC computer in 1956. The HDD weighed over a ton Simon Banks on Twitter: "The first hard disk drive was the IBM Model 350 Disk File that came with the IBM 305 RAMAC computer in 1956. The HDD weighed over a ton](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES-yabMXQAU1MtU.jpg)
Simon Banks on Twitter: "The first hard disk drive was the IBM Model 350 Disk File that came with the IBM 305 RAMAC computer in 1956. The HDD weighed over a ton
![Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/t9jgnpne3em21.png)
Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck
![Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India](https://www.businessinsider.in/photo/55097773/1956-IBM-shipped-the-first-hard-drive-its-5MB-RAMAC-305-By-todays-standards-it-was-unfathomably-huge-Each-megabyte-cost-10000-or-88000-in-todays-dollars-.jpg)
Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India
![coskun harmansah on Twitter: "Amazing Technology that make us feel the future !!! IBM launched the 305 RAMAC (the first 'SUPER' computer) with a hard disk drive (HDD) in September 1956. The coskun harmansah on Twitter: "Amazing Technology that make us feel the future !!! IBM launched the 305 RAMAC (the first 'SUPER' computer) with a hard disk drive (HDD) in September 1956. The](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiQ5PzrXkAAwQCU.jpg)
coskun harmansah on Twitter: "Amazing Technology that make us feel the future !!! IBM launched the 305 RAMAC (the first 'SUPER' computer) with a hard disk drive (HDD) in September 1956. The
![Here's How Hard It Was to Move a 5MB IBM Hard Drive in 1956 (Note: Required a Forklift) ~ Vintage Everyday Here's How Hard It Was to Move a 5MB IBM Hard Drive in 1956 (Note: Required a Forklift) ~ Vintage Everyday](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MOpifp3o_yQ/WDXvWnwvT5I/AAAAAAACdXs/3llP3S5-CWIrmGwBykPyintNsgZsjY26gCLcB/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/ibm-5mb-hard-drive-1.jpg)