H-8523 High-Capacity Memory System

This unit was developed to meet the need for automation, improved space efficiency and lower price for peripheral equipment, and was commercialized in 1979 for use with the HITAC M Series. This was a completely new memory system enabling storage ranging from 35GB (gigabytes) in the smallest configuration to 236GB in the largest configuration. The memory media was magnetic tape cartridges with a capacity of 50MB (megabytes) each.