![Here's How Hard It Was to Move a 5MB IBM Hard Drive in 1956 (Note: Required a Forklift) ~ Vintage Everyday Here's How Hard It Was to Move a 5MB IBM Hard Drive in 1956 (Note: Required a Forklift) ~ Vintage Everyday](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MOpifp3o_yQ/WDXvWnwvT5I/AAAAAAACdXs/3llP3S5-CWIrmGwBykPyintNsgZsjY26gCLcB/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/ibm-5mb-hard-drive-1.jpg)
Here's How Hard It Was to Move a 5MB IBM Hard Drive in 1956 (Note: Required a Forklift) ~ Vintage Everyday
![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?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=de181f6e1a2a70f542664083439474f5520436cb)
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
![4 Settembre 1956: IBM 305, il primo hard disk sul mercato – ben 5 megabyte e quasi una tonnellata di peso… | Archeologia Informatica 4 Settembre 1956: IBM 305, il primo hard disk sul mercato – ben 5 megabyte e quasi una tonnellata di peso… | Archeologia Informatica](https://archeologiainformatica.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ibm-ramac-350-1.jpg)
4 Settembre 1956: IBM 305, il primo hard disk sul mercato – ben 5 megabyte e quasi una tonnellata di peso… | Archeologia Informatica
![Simon Banks on Twitter: "The first hard disk drive was the IBM Model 350 Disk File that came with the IBM 305 RAMAC computer in 1956. The HDD weighed over a ton Simon Banks on Twitter: "The first hard disk drive was the IBM Model 350 Disk File that came with the IBM 305 RAMAC computer in 1956. The HDD weighed over a ton](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES-yabMXQAU1MtU.jpg)