This is what a 5MB hard drives looked like in 1956 (note: required a forklift)

Mirror (since their server is exploding): <a href="http://i.imgur.com/T2PnM.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/T2PnM.png</a><p>"In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data."

I like reading stories about how careful programmers had to be when writing code so the use of every bit was maximized. Unfortunately, this also lead to the Y2K debacle.

When in 2050 people will see how big a 1TB HDD is now they'll smile at it. I love progress.