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enki23

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67. That was me. With the CoCo 2.

Reply to Revanchist (Reply #31)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 06:19 PM

Mar 2021

What's an "operating system?"

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In 1988, I Bought an 80 Megabyte Seagate Hard Drive [View all] MineralMan Mar 2021 OP

The one with the buggy whip? I got the one with a hand crank. I had 10 Meg of Ram, too ... marble falls Mar 2021 #1

Amen on your last point. Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #2

Just to add on to the point you are making... blugbox Mar 2021 #8

I remember getting the first 1GB scsi drive for our Sonic Solutions somewhere around 1990. bullimiami Mar 2021 #3

My first computer was an IBM leftieNanner Mar 2021 #4

Way more, in fact blugbox Mar 2021 #12

Amazing, isn't it? ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2021 #17

When I was in College leftieNanner Mar 2021 #19

I did Multiplication and long division on paper. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2021 #20

I remember the algorithm for extracting square roots by hand central scrutinizer Mar 2021 #74

After Good Calculators Came Out... ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #41

Still have my steel Pickett slide rule! lastlib Mar 2021 #56

I'll Bet ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #76

My first micro computer, Commodore PET, 1978 Wednesdays Mar 2021 #80

OMG... piddyprints Mar 2021 #83

I remember when RAM was gold in the early 90s Stuckinthebush Mar 2021 #5

I upgraded my 128K of RAM to 256K and it cost me $350 in 1988. Tommymac Mar 2021 #36

When 4MB RAM was plenty dalton99a Mar 2021 #6

Dear lord, that is almost exactly what my PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #54

A guy I helped pack up for a move recently had one of those computers with a 512 mb hard drive kimbutgar Mar 2021 #7

I remember the Floppy disks and DOS ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2021 #9

Remember when you had two slots for floppy disks? Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #10

::belly laugh:: I remember the guy at work who had FOUR 5.25 floppy drive ports.... TygrBright Mar 2021 #66

Ha! Floppy drives Revanchist Mar 2021 #31

My Timex-Sinclair 2068 had an external cassette drive. CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #33

That was me. With the CoCo 2. enki23 Mar 2021 #67

While looking for an SSD I came across Goonch Mar 2021 #11

Yup. MineralMan Mar 2021 #13

In '82 I was using a Radio Shack TRS-80 at work. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #14

'83 I went to law school with Radio Shack keyboard with some memory and dot matrix printer Pepsidog Mar 2021 #34

I'd be thrilled if I had the *same* memory capacity I had in 1988 intrepidity Mar 2021 #15

The first hard drive I worked with Disaffected Mar 2021 #16

My computer was so poor it didn't have a cache Midnightwalk Mar 2021 #18

Sorry, Motorola didn't make the 6502, Rockwell did. bobalew Mar 2021 #51

Interesting to learn Midnightwalk Mar 2021 #71

Moore's Law Yavin4 Mar 2021 #21

And software and files will fill available space as fast as it's created. rickford66 Mar 2021 #37

That's what happens when people have all the incentive in the world to work on something DSandra Mar 2021 #22

On the other hand... Codifer Mar 2021 #23

i'm currently working on an old jukebox rampartc Mar 2021 #24

My first HDD was 32 MB ironflange Mar 2021 #25

Another marvel BootinUp Mar 2021 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author BootinUp Mar 2021 #27

Adjusted for inflation, that drive cost you about $890 in today's dollars. Silent3 Mar 2021 #28

Back in the late 1990s I taught myself how to build computers by rebuilding old ones csziggy Mar 2021 #78

I used a 'luggable' Compaq 8088 in the early '80s for uploading to programmable logic controllers Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #29

Ha! 80MB! It was a pretty good day when you got a stack of 80 byte punch cards, a paper clip tandem5 Mar 2021 #30

When I upgraded my MAC II to an FX burrowowl Mar 2021 #32

I upgraded my IBM XT Cheezoholic Mar 2021 #35

You're bringing back memories! CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #38

My first progamming job in the early 80s... William Seger Mar 2021 #39

These things don't happen politically for a couple reasons (that I can think of - but surely bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #40

FORTRAN, COBOL and punch cards. Marcuse Mar 2021 #42

Yup. I took a Fortran class in 1963. MineralMan Mar 2021 #53

Been there, done that. Jarqui Mar 2021 #61

I had an ADAM computer PCIntern Mar 2021 #43

About 4 Years Ago, My Company Gave Me... ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #44

Shit, I routinely use data files bigger than that!! LOL Lucky Luciano Mar 2021 #45

i started with a 286 with dual floppies . and that was the one with 2 floppy drives . AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #46

even better.. in 1980 DEC was selling the RK05 - a 5 MB pack drive system getagrip_already Mar 2021 #47

Went to Uni as a young man. Aussie105 Mar 2021 #48

My husband does computer work for people as a side job. AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author softydog88 Mar 2021 #50

Yikes! MineralMan Mar 2021 #52

+1. Inside: dalton99a Mar 2021 #64

Right around the same time (1989 I believe) I bought one for work that was.... George II Mar 2021 #55

In 1999 I bought an IBM Thinkpad laptop for $4,700 Victor_c3 Mar 2021 #57

Ahh the memories...... LPBBEAR Mar 2021 #58

technology is simple... humans, not so much. WarGamer Mar 2021 #59

In 1988, you were way ahead of your time!!! LeftInTX Mar 2021 #60

New rule. Draw up a list of 1000 outmoded, phony, lying, racist, etc. repug Oldem Mar 2021 #62

I remember buying a 20MB "hard card" BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #63

I love this thread Laha Mar 2021 #65

In 1990, one of the IT guys in my unit told me I shouldn't buy a 300MB hard drive jmowreader Mar 2021 #68

Moore's Law for Society suilebhan Mar 2021 #69

32 Mb of RAM... mac2766 Mar 2021 #70

I bought my first videohead5 Mar 2021 #72

my first home computer had 8k of memory Worsel Mar 2021 #73

About the same time I bought a 40 Mb hard drive for my PC AT clone csziggy Mar 2021 #75

Vintage. Marcuse Mar 2021 #77

Maybe trying to "win" the thread unc70 Mar 2021 #79

Wow You guys are wild! Tracyjo Mar 2021 #81

My very first computer didn't have a hard drive wackadoo wabbit Mar 2021 #82