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1956 [Detail]
 28th February Jay Forrester patents magnetic-core memory
 4th March Wang sells core memory patent to IBM
 23rd March The first Ferranti Pegasus goes into service
 4th July First keyboard used to input data
 13th September IBM introduces the IBM 350, containing the first hard drive

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