On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Gilbert M. Hale <[email protected]> wrote: >> Such memories. I remember trying to keep punch cards in order in the >> 60s. I said *trying*. > > Not that long before my little foray into the middle of the brewing storm. > I am kind of glad I missed that part of the computer revolution. It was bad > enough I though having double-density 5 1/4" floppy disks were really the > hot ticket. My first hard drive was a 10Mg Qubie unit, could hold the > equivalent of 30 of my floppies! Woo Hoo! I would never run out of room! > Luckily it was given to me as a kind of gift (in exchange for some work I > did). My first 1Gb HDD was $800.00, about 1994-1995 or so. Price dropped > to $400 within 30 days. Grrr... ---------------------------
I think we date ourselves with the first first monitor(s) you worked with, were you green or amber? My first modem was 300 baud dealing with compuserve that was their speed. ;) First disk was punch cards. First I bought was double sided single density! First hard drive was 10 meg as well! Mine was paid for by writing a clipping service application in dbase III. Oh the joy of @say and @get Your Memories May Vary ;-> -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Web and Windows Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
