Only, maybe not that fast.

Storage Arc [BONUS]

Hard drives! They’ve undergone quite a lot of changes over the years, from being the size of a respectable piece of furniture, to being filled with helium. They’ve got a long history, so let’s just get into it!

Sources:

General 1956 Events:

• Billboard Top 100 from 1956
• Culture Trip, 29 March 2018, “What to Know About Morocco’s Independence”

IBM 350/RAMAC:

• Backblaze (Cloud storage provider), 17 November 2016, “A History of Hard Drives”
• Gizmodo, 16 March 2010, “IBM 305 RAMAC: The Grandaddy of Modern Hard Drives“
• The Wall Street Journal, 22 August 2006,”Hard-Disk Drive, Once a Behemoth Weighing Over a Ton, Hits 50th Year“
• ComputerHistory.org, Accessed: 31 March 2021, “1956: First commercial hard disk drive shipped”

(1961) IBM 1301:

• IBM Archives, Accessed: 31 March 2021, IBM 1301 Disk Storage Unit
• ComputerHistory.org, Accessed: 31 March 2021, “1961: Flying heads improve HDD capacity & speed”

Misc. IBM Advancements:

• (1973) IBM Archives, Accessed: 31 March 2021, IBM 3340 direct access storage facility
• (1973) ComputerHistory.org, Accessed: 31 March 2021, “1973: “Winchester” pioneers key HDD technology”
• (1980) ObsoleteMedia.org, Accessed: 31 March 2021, “5.25-inch hard disk drive (1980 – 2000)”

Thailand Flooding and Hard Drives:

• The New York Times, 6 November 2011, “Thailand Flooding Cripples Hard-Drive Suppliers“
• Backblaze, 9 October 2012, “Farming Hard Drives: How Backblaze Weathered the Thailand Drive Crisis”

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