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Photos: Making the first disk drive

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September 11, 2006 4:00 AM PDT

This 1957 prototype demonstrated a new technology using disk drive heads and tracks rather than magnetic tape. The first commercial use of the technology was IBM's 3330, in 1971.

Photo by Magnetic Disk Heritage Center

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