![UT Dallas Auxiliary Services on Twitter: "In 1956, IBM created the first external hard drive. It required four people and a truck to move, and it only stored 5MB of data! Today, UT Dallas Auxiliary Services on Twitter: "In 1956, IBM created the first external hard drive. It required four people and a truck to move, and it only stored 5MB of data! Today,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVLVuxaU0AAOa4q.jpg)
UT Dallas Auxiliary Services on Twitter: "In 1956, IBM created the first external hard drive. It required four people and a truck to move, and it only stored 5MB of data! Today,
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Hard-driving valley began 50 years ago / And most other forms of data storage eventually became a distant memory
![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?auto=webp&s=514b01ebbb19836aa8bae8055264182c2241dadb)