What a Half-Century of Technological Progress Looks Like

Ed Driscoll | 4:00 PM on July 22, 2012

Portable five megabyte hard drive, 1956 edition:

Portable 128 gigabyte USB flash drive, 2012 edition:

Incidentally, the Website with the photo* of the 1956-edition of the IBM 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive adds a reminder to readers to “Start appreciating your 1 GB memory stick!”

Only one gig? That page was written in 2008, which is a reminder of how quickly that piece of computer hardware is expanding. Or shrinking. Or both…

* Which has made the rounds over the years. I don’t think I’m copying an image exclusive to them; apologies if so.

Blogging since 2002, affiliated with PJM since 2005, where he is currently a columnist, Dallas Editor, and founder of PJM's Lifestyle blog. Over the past 15 years, Ed has contributed articles to National Review Online, the Weekly Standard.com, Right Wing News, the New Individualist, Blogcritics, Modernism, Videomaker, Servo, Audio/Video Interiors, Electronic House, PC World, Computer Music, Vintage Guitar, and Guitar World. As an Amazon Associate, he earns from qualifying purchases. For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].

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What a Half-Century of Technological Progress Looks Like

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