The hard disk drive 02 The first hard drive to have more than 1 GB in capacity was the IBM 3380 in 1980 (it could store 2.52 GB). It was the size of | Forum for Electronics
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Bonhams : HARD DRIVE TECHNOLOGY. Box of 8 Seagate ST-506 5MB 5.25-inch hard drives, Cupertino, 1980, in original shipping carton.
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