Feb 9, 2007 #1 evangilder "Shooter" 19,049 208 Sep 17, 2004 Moorpark, CA www.vg-photo.com See if you guys can guess what this is that they are loading onto this airplane. Attachments ShowLetter.jpg 39.4 KB · Views: 161
Feb 9, 2007 Thread starter #4 evangilder "Shooter" 19,049 208 Sep 17, 2004 Moorpark, CA www.vg-photo.com Close guys. I'll give it a bit more before revealing the identity of this groundbreaking device.
Feb 9, 2007 #5 T trackend Chief Master Sergeant 3,962 23 Dec 20, 2003 Ipswich, Suffolk A winchester drive or my first colour TV
Feb 9, 2007 Thread starter #6 evangilder "Shooter" 19,049 208 Sep 17, 2004 Moorpark, CA www.vg-photo.com I don't remember Winchester drives being that big!
Feb 9, 2007 #7 T trackend Chief Master Sergeant 3,962 23 Dec 20, 2003 Ipswich, Suffolk Well I thought it may be a prototype Eric, sort of a Winchester Cathedral version
Feb 9, 2007 #8 k9kiwi Staff Sergeant 839 25 Jul 2, 2006 Kiwi Land Physical storge device. Hard Disk for a main frame computer.
Feb 10, 2007 Thread starter #9 evangilder "Shooter" 19,049 208 Sep 17, 2004 Moorpark, CA www.vg-photo.com This is a 4.4 Meg Hard Disk in 1956. In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 4.4MB of data.
This is a 4.4 Meg Hard Disk in 1956. In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 4.4MB of data.
Feb 10, 2007 #11 syscom3 Pacific Historian 14,950 11,713 Jun 4, 2005 Orange County, CA Good one Evans.
Feb 10, 2007 #12 Gnomey Globetrotting Surgeon General Staff Mod 70,905 8,909 Nov 28, 2004 London / Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK www.flickr.com syscom3 said: Good one Evans. Click to expand... Yeah, just think how much data could be stored in a ton of HDD now...
syscom3 said: Good one Evans. Click to expand... Yeah, just think how much data could be stored in a ton of HDD now...
Feb 10, 2007 #13 Matt308 Glock Perfection 18,961 94 Apr 12, 2005 Washington State I was going to guess a microwave oven. Anyone ever seen one from the '50s. About that size.
Feb 10, 2007 #14 Screaming Eagle Senior Master Sergeant 3,588 5 Nov 26, 2006 Queensland, Australia . I was going to say a generator but a hard drive for a computer makes more sense.