RAMAC

Two IBM 305 RAMAC computersShort for Random-Access Method of Accounting and Control, the IBM 305 RAMAC is an early computer developed by IBM that used the IBM 350 moving head hard disk drive, similar to the hard disk drives we still use today. In the picture to the right, is two IBM 305 computers at U.S. Army Red River Foreground.

Also see: Hard disk drive definitions, Head