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Am 02.01.2018 um 02:56 schrieb Bald Eagle:
> I started with a Timex Sinclair 1000, then I got a VIC-20 (which I loved), sold
> that and got an Atari 800 XL, and then it wasn't until years later that I got an
> HP desktop. My first upgrade was to an impossibly huge 640 MB HDD :D "You'll
> NEVER fill that!"
640 MB? That's RIDICULOUSLY large!
The first PC I got my hands on had a hard drive so mind-bogglingly large
that the OS couldn't manage it as a single partition: 40 MB!
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On 02/01/2018 05:04, clipka wrote:
> Am 02.01.2018 um 02:56 schrieb Bald Eagle:
>
>> I started with a Timex Sinclair 1000, then I got a VIC-20 (which I loved), sold
>> that and got an Atari 800 XL, and then it wasn't until years later that I got an
>> HP desktop. My first upgrade was to an impossibly huge 640 MB HDD :D "You'll
>> NEVER fill that!"
>
> 640 MB? That's RIDICULOUSLY large!
>
640 MB HDD! Luxury.
> The first PC I got my hands on had a hard drive so mind-bogglingly large
> that the OS couldn't manage it as a single partition: 40 MB!
>
The first PC I bought was an Amstrad PC1512. Two floppy drives and 512
Meg of RAM, no HDD. (That taught me a lesson. ;) )
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 2-1-2018 8:12, Stephen wrote:
> On 02/01/2018 05:04, clipka wrote:
>> Am 02.01.2018 um 02:56 schrieb Bald Eagle:
>>
>>> I started with a Timex Sinclair 1000, then I got a VIC-20 (which I
>>> loved), sold
>>> that and got an Atari 800 XL, and then it wasn't until years later
>>> that I got an
>>> HP desktop. My first upgrade was to an impossibly huge 640 MB HDD
>>> :D "You'll
>>> NEVER fill that!"
>>
>> 640 MB? That's RIDICULOUSLY large!
>>
>
> 640 MB HDD! Luxury.
>
>
>> The first PC I got my hands on had a hard drive so mind-bogglingly large
>> that the OS couldn't manage it as a single partition: 40 MB!
>>
>
> The first PC I bought was an Amstrad PC1512. Two floppy drives and 512
> Meg of RAM, no HDD. (That taught me a lesson. ;) )
>
Same here, with an Amiga 1000, which officially came with 256 Meg and
you had to (literally) screw in an additional 256.
--
Thomas
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From: dick balaska
Subject: Re: Procedural realistic mountain ranges?
Date: 2 Jan 2018 04:09:45
Message: <5a4b4c59@news.povray.org>
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On 01/02/2018 12:04 AM, clipka wrote:
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> The first PC I got my hands on had a hard drive so mind-bogglingly large
> that the OS couldn't manage it as a single partition: 40 MB!
>
I had a PDP-8s (and a PDP-8e). The 's' was a full 8 foot rack and had
4KB of core memory. It had a 16KB hard disk; a 10" platter 1/2" thick
with 4 fixed heads. You could select which head and which quadrant of
disk for 1KB resolution! The downstairs neighbors used to bang on the
ceiling with a broom when I turned it on because it trashed over-the-air TV.
--
dik
Rendered 344576 of 345600 pixels (99%)
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Stephen <mca### [at] aol com> wrote:
> The first PC I bought was an Amstrad PC1512. Two floppy drives and 512
> Meg of RAM, no HDD. (That taught me a lesson. ;) )
Yeah, I think I had a cassette recorder for the VIC-20, and then I just used the
Atari as-is for a while until I finally got the funds-availability to get the
floppy drive. Which had to be connected and ON when you booted the computer, or
it wouldn't recognize it. :( THAT taught me a different lesson.
And then of course when you HAVE a HDD and don't back it up, and it crashes -
that teaches you another lesson entirely.
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