Re: [Nolug] Hard disks

I just thank God I didn't have to go through these hard times with you
guys! ;)

BB

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 integral@integralsecurity.com wrote:

> Greetings from Texas,
>
> Hard drives??? How about storing information on cassette tapes? Or only
> having 3k of memory and not 6 meg. We are definitely spoiled today.
>
> The first computer I owned was a Commodore Vic-20. That was a step up from
> the terminal we used at school that used paper and could make a bell sound.
> The vic had color, and sound. I had got tired of having to reenter all the
> code for the programs I have written. That first tape drive cost $100.
> That was in early 80's dollars while I was in middle school. I did hate
> those dreaded out of memory error messages.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan Hutchins
> CEO
> Integral Security Inc.
> (254) 541-4225
> jhutchins@integralsecurity.com
> www.integralsecurity.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Johnson" <ronjohnsonjr@yahoo.com>
> To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 2:17 AM
> Subject: [Nolug] Hard disks
>
>
> > Ok,
> >
> > Who here remembers when hard disks were measured in dollars per
> > megabyte? How about hundreds of dollars per megabyte? Joey and I
> > are old enough. Scott? Who else?
> >
> > Machines are so fast today, and yet, in the early 80s, IBM was able
> > to build a system with 1.9 MIPS & 6MB RAM that delivered sub-second
> > response time to 70 on-line users.
> >
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