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HP’s First Winchester Drive: The 7910
Date: 1979
The 7910 disk drive was Hewlett-Packard’s first use of IBM’s “Winchester” technology, which began an industry standard for memory that continued until 2011. The 7910 offered 12MB of storage and was first available in the HP 250 and 300 computers, which cost $24,500 to $36,500.
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