1311 disk storage drive
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- Details
- Description
- Date Introduced
- 1962
- Photographer
- Richards, Mark
- Dimensions
- 40 x 30 x 24 1/2 in.
- Manufacturer
- International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Flushing Council on the Arts
- Copyright Owner
- © Mark Richards
- Location
- US
- Keywords
- magnetic; mechanical
- Object ID
- X1395.97
- Memory Type
- Magnetic disk
This breakthrough drive used removable disk packs to allow unlimited offline storage -- like tapes, but faster. Data could be easily moved to another computer, or changed to run a different application program.
