HD/CPU/RAM timeline

[Industrial One]

Where can I get a summary that lists the history of HD space/CPU speed
from 1965-present?

 

[Industrial One]

You either don't need to know or are asking us to do your
homework for you. Either way, the question is unrealistic,

You wouldn't need to do any homework unless you're as clueless as I
am.

in '65 punchcards were still being used, hard drives were
very crude and luxurious at that point in time.

Your point?

 

[Paul]

You wouldn't need to do any homework unless you're as clueless as I
am.


Your point?

Start with a kickoff article like this. Look for links inline.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware

There is some stuff here on IBM storage devices. For
example, 1965 was about 7.25MB. But that is for mainframes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_350#IBM_350

I think in 1982 or so, I might have had a 10MB drive, which
was full height. Not nearly as slim as modern drives.
Sort of like the item in this project. So this
is personal computing. I was able to store 2 years
of work on that drive, because most of what we did
could be stored as small text files.

http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/SASI/SASI_Hard_Drive.htm

Paul

 

[Industrial One]

Start with a kickoff article like this. Look for links inline.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware

There is some stuff here on IBM storage devices. For
example, 1965 was about 7.25MB. But that is for mainframes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_350#IBM_350

I think in 1982 or so, I might have had a 10MB drive, which
was full height. Not nearly as slim as modern drives.
Sort of like the item in this project. So this
is personal computing. I was able to store 2 years
of work on that drive, because most of what we did
could be stored as small text files.

http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/SASI/SASI_Hard_Drive.htm

Paul

I was thinkin' something like: http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/background/history/

 

[robertwessel2]

Where can I get a summary that lists the history of HD space/CPU speed
from 1965-present?

CPU Price Performance 1944-2003:

http://www.jcmit.com/cpu-performance.htm

Disk Drive Prices (1955-2008):

http://www.jcmit.com/diskprice.htm

With thanks, of course, to John McCallum.

 

[user923005]

Where can I get a summary that lists the history of HD space/CPU speed
from 1965-present?

The graph you are looking for, from here:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0691.html
is titled:
"Moore's Law the Fifth Paradigm"

and it tracks computational velocity from 1900 to 2000.

You can find more detail on a smaller scale here:
http://www.transhumanist.com/volume1/moravec.htm