Thread: 1Gb 20 years ago and now

Some of you have probably seen this picture.



Pretty amazing what can be done in a relatively short amount of time.

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!

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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I say, that's a jolly big hard-drive

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My first 540MB 2.5" HDD I had in 1994 and by custom Amiga Workbench was installed upon it.

My first computer had tapes (Commadore C16), although I know Mark will come along now and say his first PChad punch cards

My TI99 had little plastic cartridges a few years before Spectrum/Amiga came out

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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Originally Posted by Karl

My first computer had tapes (Commadore C16), although I know Mark will come along now and say his first PChad punch cards

Yeah, my first machine had tapes as well - my little ZX81.

It also had a wobbly ram-pack that was affixed firmly with Blu-tac

Originally Posted by ServerCityUK

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.

There are 1GB micro SD cards now, even smaller!

Originally Posted by JamesSykes

There are 1GB micro SD cards now, even smaller!

I have an 8Gb in my phone :P

Only have 1GB in my phone, but I rarely travel anywhere without my laptop and 4GB USB flash.