There were 8 inch floppies before the new fangled 5 1/4 inch ones. But these disk things are really rather new. The first computer I ever saw held its data in mercury delay lines and kept several other buildings warm with the heat from its valves. John Clare
On 12/12/2007, Kathy Shiell-Stokes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 12:45 PM 12/12/2007, you wrote: > > > >Ron: > >32 k...??? > > > > >Gee you were a latecomer...I still remember my ex composing his own > >programs and storing them on a tape drive....that was way before > >floppy disks. Back then a 4 k TRS-80 machine was highpowered and top > >end and only computer geeks had floppy drives... which were the 5 > >and1/4 inch..btw and only held about 100k..The next generation were > >the small floppy disks that everyone might remember but it only held > >720k. There was no software...you had to buy the books and learn to > >program your own apps. > > Thank God we don't have to do that any more... > When you put it in THAT perspective, waiting for the legacy > programmers to work out all the bugs and put a pretty little ribbon > on Legacy 7 is definitely worth it. > Kathy > snip... > >They missed all the fun didn't they? Like writing to, and reading > >from, specific sectors of a floppy disk as this was the only way of > >running a database with a couple of thousand names and addresses > >with a 32K machine....snip > > > > > Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
