![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://preview.redd.it/t9jgnpne3em21.png?auto=webp&s=514b01ebbb19836aa8bae8055264182c2241dadb)
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
![September 4th, 1956 IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage. https://t.c… | Computer history, Data storage, Computer September 4th, 1956 IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage. https://t.c… | Computer history, Data storage, Computer](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/45/2e/66452ea327220df4aa9e1743020d0b41.jpg)
September 4th, 1956 IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage. https://t.c… | Computer history, Data storage, Computer
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