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A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/historyporn
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's a veritable fuckton cheaper. In scientific terms at least.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 4 points 10 months ago

Nailed it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I'd wager to say it might even be 2 or even 3 fuck tons cheaper!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Hell, you can get a 1tb microSD card for around that same price. Crazy. Be careful not to accidentally inhale it, lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's 0,000075 USD per mb now with your example, which is about 146 666 666 times cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To add a bit of perspective, the 4tb m.2 ssd that I just bought for around $300USD would fill a cube that is a bit over a football field in length, width, and height.

It would cost about $44 billion before inflation is factored in, or $487 billion with inflation included.

It would also use an insane amount of electricity, be a ton slower, and likely generate an enormous amount of heat.

Hoping I did the math correctly. Haven’t had coffee.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Might be faster if all drives are connected in parallel