I remember partitioning a 120 MB drive (that I had purchased for *$500.00*)in order to have separate storage space for applications, games, and space for my brother and myself on a 386SX-40 with *1MB* of RAM.
Now, I can buy multi-TB drives for less than half of that. Despite the irrationality of the sentiment (after all, I did get tremendous ROI from that drive), it all just makes me weep on occasion. :) The first GB drives I touched were at a financial firm -- 1GB Micropolis drives. Next were 4GB Seagate SCSI drives. (Remember when SCSI drives were larger than IDE/ATA drives?) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > The 1st 1GB drive I installed was for a stock broker client. It had > 20-something partitions. I remember saying at the time, “You’ll never use > all that space.” Yeah, right… > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 6:12 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > Yup. > > > > I remember installing a SCSI card (full length slot monster) so an engineer > could use a mammoth 1_GB! Hard drive in it for some magnetic modeling he was > doing. Amazing in a 486/33. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 5:32 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: CompTIA certs > > > > VL-Bus > > > -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker > Sent from my Verizon Smartphone > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> > > *Date: *Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:37:04 -0500 > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > > *Subject: *RE: CompTIA certs > > > > 8-bit vs. 16-bit ISA > > > > NuBus (yes, we had to deal with Mac’s back then too!) > > > > TSR’s > > > > Config.sys > > > > > > Good times… > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 2:31 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > Microchannel… > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 1:17 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > Ok, I’m not very old (at least I don’t consider myself to be), but thanks > for making me feel even older now! J > > > > And how about the nifty LED displays that showed at what speed the CPU was > operating, along with the “Turbo” button? > > > > I can’t tell you how disappointed I was when I realized it was just a bunch > of jumpers that I could program myself… > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA* > *[email protected]* > * > www.eaglemds.com > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 2:09 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > Yep! And how to install EISA cards using bear skins and stone knives. > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 12:38 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > Seriously?!? Wasn’t like that when I took it either back in ‘99. > > > > Sheesh. > > > > Of course back then they also covered 8 bit vs 16 bit ISA, IRQ, and DMA… > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA* > *[email protected]* > * > www.eaglemds.com > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 10:37 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > I just spoke with someone who recently got the A+. He was very > disappointed in the test. It seems that it deals more now with IT > professionalism than technical expertise. An example question he gave me > was, “ You are working in a company’s Payroll department and notice some > confidential papers on the desk. What do you do?” It wasn’t like that > when I took it. > > > > > > *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 9:24 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > You’ve gotta start somewhere, though. I started with A+, Network+, and > I-Net+ just to get some (relatively) easy letters after my name. > > > > That was a few years ago, and hopefully the A+ exam in particular has > changed. I had been building and repairing computers for years when I took > it, but still had to study a fair amount because I found that the exam > wasn’t quite aligned with the real world. Which I guess can be said of most > exams. > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 10:08 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > IMHO these are very baseline certs. With 15+ years, you should be looking > at more advanced certification. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* paul d [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, 1 March 2010 10:06 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: CompTIA certs > > > > Thanks, guys. I do have 15+ years. Just looking into maybe getting a few. > There's a "whiff" of outsourcing in the air. And, at my age, getting > another IT job won't be easy. > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:50:16 -0500 > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > +1 They are (and should be) easy compared to a Cisco or M$ cert; as Erik > stated, they are good for a baseline. Also, keep in mind that since CompTIA > is vendor-neutral, they can't go to the granularity that a vendor specific > exam tends to cover. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
