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  • R Rocky Moore

    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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    Heath Stewart
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    I did, which is why I held out for the C64. My 64K of RAM beats your 3.5K! ;P

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    • R Roger Wright

      :laugh::laugh::laugh: Anytime, Meg... You're just a pup, compared to me.;) Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.

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      Megan Forbes
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      Roger Wright wrote: Anytime, Meg... You're just a pup, compared to me With a birthday looming, I feel these words strangely comforting :sigh:


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      • S suzyb

        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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        Ryan Roberts
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        Hey, hey 16K[^] Though booting up a spectrum emulator now makes me think that I may have squandered my childhood. Thank god I had some other geeky hobbies. Ryan

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        • S suzyb

          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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          Wackatronic
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          Holy smokes. My first PC had a 20 MB HDD, 2 MB RAM, 720 KB Floppy. Crap that was a looooooong time ago.

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          • M Megan Forbes

            Roger Wright wrote: Anytime, Meg... You're just a pup, compared to me With a birthday looming, I feel these words strangely comforting :sigh:


            Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
            Meg's World - Blog Photography

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            Anders Molin
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            Megan Forbes wrote: With a birthday looming, I feel these words strangely comforting Well, even I can say you are one of the young ones Megan, and I still feel young my self ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" ShotKeeper, my Photo Album / Organizer Application[^]

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            • A Anders Molin

              Megan Forbes wrote: With a birthday looming, I feel these words strangely comforting Well, even I can say you are one of the young ones Megan, and I still feel young my self ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" ShotKeeper, my Photo Album / Organizer Application[^]

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              Megan Forbes
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              Hehe, thanks Anders :) I will get back to you about the digital workflow btw - just have to actually finish the email (sorry...)


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              • R Roger Alsing 0

                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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                Rutger Ellen
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                Actually the C16 is newer than the C64 It was based on the plus/4 wich had 64 K like the C64 the C16 was the smaller brother of the plus/4 and had only 16 K. I had one also with tapedrive I dunno what the processor speed was, but if you did a circle in basic (Its basic was more advanced than the C64 that was the only thing that was more advanced) you could see it being drawn esp if you would let it fill the circle also (draw first then fill it) Rutger

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                • S suzyb

                  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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                  and I was HAPPY!


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                  • S suzyb

                    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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                    Anders Molin
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                    I don't remember the size of my first harddisk, but I do remember all the tapes I had for my old ZX81, which was my first computer. Then later on a Commodore 64, for which I actually got a floppy drive) and even later, a PC ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" ShotKeeper, my Photo Album / Organizer Application[^]

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                    • M Megan Forbes

                      Hehe, thanks Anders :) I will get back to you about the digital workflow btw - just have to actually finish the email (sorry...)


                      Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
                      Meg's World - Blog Photography

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                      Ok, np :) We all have work to do ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" ShotKeeper, my Photo Album / Organizer Application[^]

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                        and I was HAPPY!


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                        Luis Alonso Ramos
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                        The first computer I owned also had 40 MB of hard disk space, and 2 MB of RAM. It was SOOO MUCH space that the HD was even split in two 20 MB partitions. It had Windows 3.0, which used a big part of one partition, around 6 MB. But I remember when I got a 800 MB HD (some years later) and I thought that would be enough for all my needs for the next 20 years. Again, some years later (but not 20, maybe around 6) my laptop has 30 GB and it's almost full, and I have 120 GB on my desktop computer. :omg: -- LuisR ──────────────   Luis Alonso Ramos   Chihuahua, Mexico   www.luisalonsoramos.com "San Franciso - where men are men - er - women are men - ugh - men are women, and well, the sheep are confused." -- John Simmons, Jun. 25, 2003

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                        • S suzyb

                          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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                          My first computer was a Toshiba MSX. I seem to remember the only place I could get games for it was a market in Blackpool (UK seaside town, popular holiday destination). When that died I got a C64 (after the home shopping catalogue sent that instead of a Spectrum by mistake). And then... my first PC. :) If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                          • R Roger Wright

                            :laugh: Mine had 1 kB of RAM, too, but it stored long term data on paper tape. Of course, to do that much I had to design and build the interface card to talk to the tape punch...:-O I eventually upgraded it to have 16 kB of RAM, though - plenty for any practical use.;) Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.

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                            Roger Wright wrote: Mine had 1 kB of RAM, too, but it stored long term data on paper tape. They had RAM back then? I thought you guys were still figuring out vacuum tubes and stuff... ;P ~Nitron.


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                              My first computer was a Toshiba MSX. I seem to remember the only place I could get games for it was a market in Blackpool (UK seaside town, popular holiday destination). When that died I got a C64 (after the home shopping catalogue sent that instead of a Spectrum by mistake). And then... my first PC. :) If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                              peterchen
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                              talking to yourself? :cool:


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                                talking to yourself? :cool:


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                                suzyb
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                                Hell yeah... only way I can get a decent conversation. :laugh: If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                • S suzyb

                                  And didn't you just love the psychedelic coloured bars that were shown on screen whilst loading. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                  l a u r e n
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                                  zx spectrum!!


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                                  • R Ryan Roberts

                                    Hey, hey 16K[^] Though booting up a spectrum emulator now makes me think that I may have squandered my childhood. Thank god I had some other geeky hobbies. Ryan

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                                    l a u r e n
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                                    that is fantastic!!! :laugh:


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                                    • S suzyb

                                      Hell yeah... only way I can get a decent conversation. :laugh: If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                      Navin
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                                      Hoping all of the CPians don't take that personally. :-D "Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin

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                                      • M Megan Forbes

                                        Mine had 1Kb of memory and could be plugged into a cassette tape drive :) Am I showing my age? ;)


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                                        Andrew McCarter
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                                        Mine had 0.5 k RAM. And I had to build the kit myself. ZX80 ... now, those were the days!

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                                        • T toxcct

                                          really ?? my one was equiped with a 5'1/4 floppy disk.... :) that's quite nice nowadays...


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                                          Antony M Kancidrowski
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                                          Yea I used to have a dual 5 1/4" system. OS and compiler on one, source on the other! Those were the days ;) Ant.

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