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Today, a gigabyte of data fits on your fingernail. How big was the very first 1-Gigabyte hard drive ever built?

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Today, a gigabyte of data fits on your fingernail. How big was the very first 1-Gigabyte hard drive ever built?

Today, a gigabyte of data fits on your fingernail. How big was the very first 1-Gigabyte hard drive ever built?
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