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The IBM 1301 Disk Storage Unit

IBM 1301 Disk Storage Unit
IBM 1301 Disk Storage Unit
IBM 1316 disk pack
An IBM 1316 disk pack, 1962.
Left: The IBM 1301 Disk Storage Unit (DSU) containing two storage modules, 1961. Module capacity in the 7000 series computer context was 28 million characters and in the 1410 context, 25 million characters [4].

Right: An IBM 1316 disk pack, 1962. Weight: about 10 pounds. Storage capacity: 2MB [4].

Columbia University Computing History Frank da Cruz / fdc@columbia.edu This page created: January 2001 Last update: 31 March 2021