when 1.2Gb was big
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that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. It eventually got to be too small so I had to keep backing stuff up onto CDs, which I went through at the weekend and sorted out. Its amazing how much crap I collected. Old Windows 95 apps, sound clips from films and TV shows, cheesy clipart... Why did I ever think this stuff would come in useful. If I had a better memory I would remember more.
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that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. It eventually got to be too small so I had to keep backing stuff up onto CDs, which I went through at the weekend and sorted out. Its amazing how much crap I collected. Old Windows 95 apps, sound clips from films and TV shows, cheesy clipart... Why did I ever think this stuff would come in useful. If I had a better memory I would remember more.
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that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. It eventually got to be too small so I had to keep backing stuff up onto CDs, which I went through at the weekend and sorted out. Its amazing how much crap I collected. Old Windows 95 apps, sound clips from films and TV shows, cheesy clipart... Why did I ever think this stuff would come in useful. If I had a better memory I would remember more.
Suzanne Boyle wrote: that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. Lucky, my first computer came with a cassette tape recorder to store programs on ;) Love live the Commodore VIC-20, 3.5K RAM, who would need more? :) Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com
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that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. It eventually got to be too small so I had to keep backing stuff up onto CDs, which I went through at the weekend and sorted out. Its amazing how much crap I collected. Old Windows 95 apps, sound clips from films and TV shows, cheesy clipart... Why did I ever think this stuff would come in useful. If I had a better memory I would remember more.
The first PC I used didn't have a hard disk at all - just two 5.25 inch floppy drives; the first PC I owned had an 80 MB hard disk, a 3.5 inch floppy drive and a 5.25 inch floppy drive :-) Nish
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Request - Could everyone who have in the past, posted on my personal forum on CP, be kind enough to delete all your posts please? I intend to start a personal non-technical blog there, now that it is RSSd and would very much like to empty the forum before I do so - because the posts that are there as of now are mostly test posts and posts that were made before we all knew it was a blog :-)
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Suzanne Boyle wrote: that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. Lucky, my first computer came with a cassette tape recorder to store programs on ;) Love live the Commodore VIC-20, 3.5K RAM, who would need more? :) Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com
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Suzanne Boyle wrote: that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. Lucky, my first computer came with a cassette tape recorder to store programs on ;) Love live the Commodore VIC-20, 3.5K RAM, who would need more? :) Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com
Absolutely. My first was a Commodore C= 16. Was that 1Mhz? Sam W
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Absolutely. My first was a Commodore C= 16. Was that 1Mhz? Sam W
im quite positive the c-16 wasnt 1mhz , since the c64 was 0.98 mhz ;) and the c16 must have been introduced a bit earlier (or?) //Roger
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Suzanne Boyle wrote: that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. Lucky, my first computer came with a cassette tape recorder to store programs on ;) Love live the Commodore VIC-20, 3.5K RAM, who would need more? :) Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com
bleeeEEEEE-DEEEEEE-uurrrrrrr-eeeeEEEEE Ahhhh- the sounds of a cassette tape loading. :-D I remember starting to load a program onto my TRS-80, and later Atari-400 leaving the room for a snack or whatever, and coming back 5-10 minutes later hoping it loaded without error. BW The Biggest Loser
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" -
Suzanne Boyle wrote: that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. Lucky, my first computer came with a cassette tape recorder to store programs on ;) Love live the Commodore VIC-20, 3.5K RAM, who would need more? :) Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com
Rocky Moore wrote: Lucky, my first computer came with a cassette tape recorder to store programs on Oh, that reminds me on my good old cassette tape recorder connected to an Atari. Fast-forwarding to the counter position of my favorite game ... typing a command I don't remember, pressing 'play' ... that scratching and beeping voice of the recorder ... waiting, waiting, waiting and waiting ... starting the game and seeing it crash after 2 minutes ... winding back the tape and starting the whole fun again :) good old times *sitting in front of the screen and just dreaming*
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im quite positive the c-16 wasnt 1mhz , since the c64 was 0.98 mhz ;) and the c16 must have been introduced a bit earlier (or?) //Roger
my first computer was some sticks with beads. we thought we had it made. if we wanted graphics, we would shake it in front of our eyes. Josef Wainz Software Developer
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Rocky Moore wrote: Lucky, my first computer came with a cassette tape recorder to store programs on Oh, that reminds me on my good old cassette tape recorder connected to an Atari. Fast-forwarding to the counter position of my favorite game ... typing a command I don't remember, pressing 'play' ... that scratching and beeping voice of the recorder ... waiting, waiting, waiting and waiting ... starting the game and seeing it crash after 2 minutes ... winding back the tape and starting the whole fun again :) good old times *sitting in front of the screen and just dreaming*
We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on. - Steve
:laugh: you beat me to it. I had this Nuclear reactor SIM called SCRAM that I swear took at least 15 minutes to load, when it loaded properly at all. HENDRIK R wrote: good old times *sitting in front of the screen and just dreaming* Still was better than playing PONG on a B & W, I guess.:~ BW The Biggest Loser
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" -
that was the size of the hard drive my first PC had. It eventually got to be too small so I had to keep backing stuff up onto CDs, which I went through at the weekend and sorted out. Its amazing how much crap I collected. Old Windows 95 apps, sound clips from films and TV shows, cheesy clipart... Why did I ever think this stuff would come in useful. If I had a better memory I would remember more.
I also started on floppies but my first hard drive was a whopping 20 megabytes! The whole street was envious of the endless space I had. And we did not have CDs in those days to back up onto. On no, we backed up onto floppies. 20 stiffies for Doom if I remember correctly. All those damned WAD files. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Chris Maunder wrote: "I'd rather cover myself in honey and lie on an ant's nest than commit myself to it publicly." Jon Sagara replied: "I think we've all been in that situation before." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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bleeeEEEEE-DEEEEEE-uurrrrrrr-eeeeEEEEE Ahhhh- the sounds of a cassette tape loading. :-D I remember starting to load a program onto my TRS-80, and later Atari-400 leaving the room for a snack or whatever, and coming back 5-10 minutes later hoping it loaded without error. BW The Biggest Loser
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"brianwelsch wrote: bleeeEEEEE-DEEEEEE-uurrrrrrr-eeeeEEEEE Yep! This describes it better than anything else. ... I still prefer the "EEEEE-DEEEEEE" part ;)
We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on. - Steve
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really ?? my one was equiped with a 5'1/4 floppy disk.... :) that's quite nice nowadays...
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Mine had 1Kb of memory and could be plugged into a cassette tape drive :) Am I showing my age? ;)
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really ?? my one was equiped with a 5'1/4 floppy disk.... :) that's quite nice nowadays...
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
Ok, I hate to one-up everyone here but I had dual 8" :)
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You intend to say, that you collected lots of floppies and then wonder why you did that, right ;P
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bleeeEEEEE-DEEEEEE-uurrrrrrr-eeeeEEEEE Ahhhh- the sounds of a cassette tape loading. :-D I remember starting to load a program onto my TRS-80, and later Atari-400 leaving the room for a snack or whatever, and coming back 5-10 minutes later hoping it loaded without error. BW The Biggest Loser
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" -
my first computer was some sticks with beads. we thought we had it made. if we wanted graphics, we would shake it in front of our eyes. Josef Wainz Software Developer
Turtle Hand wrote: if we wanted graphics, we would shake it in front of our eyes. LOL :)
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I also started on floppies but my first hard drive was a whopping 20 megabytes! The whole street was envious of the endless space I had. And we did not have CDs in those days to back up onto. On no, we backed up onto floppies. 20 stiffies for Doom if I remember correctly. All those damned WAD files. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Chris Maunder wrote: "I'd rather cover myself in honey and lie on an ant's nest than commit myself to it publicly." Jon Sagara replied: "I think we've all been in that situation before." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: And we did not have CDs in those days to back up onto. On no, we backed up onto floppies. 20 stiffies for Doom if I remember correctly. All those damned WAD files. :) Not to forget the 18th disk always having a little 'problem' and the obligatory "let's hope norton utilities helps" solution ...
We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on. - Steve