IBM 1301 disk storage unit

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Date
1961
Credit Line
Courtesy of the IBM Corporate Archive
Copyright Owner
© International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Keywords
Mainframes; Magnetic disk; mechanical; Electronics
Object ID
500004589

This successor to the RAMAC 350 had one head that “flew” aerodynamically over each disk surface. The SABRE airline reservation system used 16 units, each with 28 MB.