Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoA 5MB Hard Drive, 1956sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageA 5MB Hard Drive, 1956sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoThe hard drive IBM shipped in 1956: Stored five megabytes Cost $11,000 per megabyte * Was 60 inches long x 68 inches high x 29 inches deep Weighed about one ton * about $121,819.66 per mb in today’s money.
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoAnd nowadays you can get a 2TB SSD that fits in your pocket and costs like $150. Can someone do the math on how much cheaper and smaller memory is now?
minus-squareaveragedrunk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIt’s a veritable fuckton cheaper. In scientific terms at least.
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI’d wager to say it might even be 2 or even 3 fuck tons cheaper!
The hard drive IBM shipped in 1956:
* about $121,819.66 per mb in today’s money.
And nowadays you can get a 2TB SSD that fits in your pocket and costs like $150.
Can someone do the math on how much cheaper and smaller memory is now?
It’s a veritable fuckton cheaper. In scientific terms at least.
I’d wager to say it might even be 2 or even 3 fuck tons cheaper!