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1130 with two 2310 disk storages

 
 

In April 1967, IBM announced a four-way expansion of the 1130 system.

 
In April 1967, IBM announced a four-way expansion of the 1130 system. New features for the desk-sized computer, IBM's smallest at the time, included the ability to read information from five magnetic disks concurrently. Previously, only one self-contained disk (foreground) was available. But, in 1967, up to four additional disks (right, rear) could be added. Each could store up to one million characters of information.
 
 
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