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Old 10th October 2007   #1 (permalink)
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1Gb 20 years ago and now

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Pretty amazing what can be done in a relatively short amount of time.
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Wow! I've still got a 10MB Winchester, complete with ISA controller card kicking about somewhere - just can't bring myself to bin it Took up 2 x 5 1/4" bays!
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What picture? lol.

I started out relatively late with x86 PCs. So my first hard drive was a 540MB Seagate on a VLB controller.
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My first computer had tapes (Commadore C16), although I know Mark will come along now and say his first PChad punch cards
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My TI99 had little plastic cartridges a few years before Spectrum/Amiga came out
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Yeah, i had one of those! Parsec was a top game on that! Also had Hammurabi (text based wheat farming type game) but that was on tape.
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It also had a wobbly ram-pack that was affixed firmly with Blu-tac
Should have passed that tip on to MS for the 360, lol.
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There are 1GB micro SD cards now, even smaller!
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There are 1GB micro SD cards now, even smaller!
I have an 8Gb in my phone :P
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Only have 1GB in my phone, but I rarely travel anywhere without my laptop and 4GB USB flash.
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