MAGNETIC DISK HERITAGE CENTER
TO PRESERVE THE STORY AND HISTORY OF MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE
at 99 Notre Dame, San Jose, California, where it all began
50 Year Perspective: Magnetic Disk Storage
99 Notre Dame made San Jose city Landmark, January 22, 2002
City Council Resolution on 99 Notre Dame
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History
Search at San Jose (video, sound)
First patent on magnetic disk mass storage unit (1951)
First patent on the magnetic disk stack storage unit (1954)
The First Disk File (paper by Rey Johnson)
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Interview with Rey Johnson on 35th anniversary of RAMAC (video, sound)
Exploring servo track positioning (video, sound)
Reminiscences: Magnetic Disk Storage (paper by Al Shugart)
First technical publications on IBM 305 system (1956)
Exploring flying heads and perpendicular magnetic recording (1955-1960)
Restoration
RAMAC, The Beginning (video, no sound)
RAMAC Restoration Project (Santa Clara University, 2003-2005)
Channel 5 RAMAC coverage on January 29, 2006 (video, sound)
Reading of data on magnetic disk, 2006-2007
RAMAC Restoration Project (restoration update to CHM, 2007)
Events
MDHC Presentation at
Vintage Festival, 2007
50th anniversary of RAMAC, 2006
RAMAC IEEE Milestone Commemoration, 2005
50th Anniversary of 99 Notre Dame, the Birthplace of Magnetic Disk Storage, 2002
100th Anniversary Conference: Magnetic Recording and Information Storage, 1998
ASME makes RAMAC International Landmark, 1986