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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
What a 5MB Hard Drive Looked Like is 1956
‘In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.’
Texomatube via Retronaught (Thanks @Atul)
Where were you when you heard about Steve Jobs passing? I heard about Steve’s passing around 8pm on Wednesday night. I heard from a guy named Bear at the Monktoberfest pre-conference meetup at Novare Res Bier Cafe. The crowd was shocked and sad.
A front row seat to Steve Jobs’ career, by Robert Scoble.
Great blog post about the influence of Apple and Steve Jobs.
On June 16, 1911 The Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation was incorporated. That company went on to become IBM. Here are some IBM machines posing with models in swimsuits 1962.
Photographer: Robert W. Kelley
IBM will turn 100 Thursday. Graphic artist Chris Brown created this full-page graphic to accompany a special June 12 report on the company’s centennial.
Computer History Museum | October 29, 1969 - Happy 40th Birthday to a Radical Idea!
Happy birthday 2 teh interwebs!
