With my first computer, there was no debate.
If you wanted to install a program, you had to load it from floppy
disks. My second computer (which I built myself) had both 5-1/4 & 3-1/2
floppy drives, but had the 40 MB hard-drive from my first computer.
The first "upgrade" was when I was able to add a second 80 MB
hard-drive. The second "upgrade" was a 1200 baud modem. Local dial-up
bulletin boards were the precursor to the internet. You could download
files and join discussion groups.
I think maybe you could even get email, but I didn't have it yet.
On 5/10/2014 11:29 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I remember debates about whether floppy drives were worth the cost as
some of the original models would fail and leak oil from their bearings.
On 5/10/2014 7:23 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
My first computer had no hard drive or floppy drive. It was an
original Apple ][. No monitor either, but it plugged into the TV, and
output UPPER CASE only! When I turned it off, everything I had done
vanished. After a while, I plugged in a CASSETTE tape recorder, so I
could save programs I was writing. It was cumbersome, very, very,
very slow, and very, very very unreliable.
Of course, soon I acquired a 5 in floppy drive. Then, a monitor.
Then, a lower case card. Then extra RAM. Then another floppy. Then
a sound card.
The rest is history. Expensive history.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 2:01 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote:
On May 10, 2014, at 3:20 pm, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
My first computer had a 1.2 GB Hard Drive, and we thought it was
awesome.
Careful, you'll wake the greybeards.
Cheers,
Dave (had 16kb AND LIKED IT!)
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