RE: CompUSA SALE!

From: Leif Sawyer <lsawyer@gci.com>
Date: Wed Jul 18 2007 - 16:35:39 AKDT

 You mean like building your own 16k ram expansion pack for
a sinclair?

check.

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> On Behalf Of Alan C.
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:33 PM
> To: Michael Neverdosky
> Cc: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: Re: CompUSA SALE!
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> Okay - so the next person to post to this thread needs to=20
> have a story about core memory as to out-do the 8" floppy and=20
> tape:^). I'm a bit young to pull that one off.
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> -Alan
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> On Jul 18, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Michael Neverdosky wrote:
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> > Hard drive????
> >
> > Try tape drive only, then moving up to floppy drive of=20
> 100K, then to=20
> > 200K floppy.
> > For a long time I wanted a pair of 8" floppy drives.
> >
> > The first hard drive available for home use was 5MB and cost about=20
> > $5000.
> > I didn't get one of those until many years later when they=20
> were a give=20
> > away item.
> >
> > I spent many years using Osborne or Kaypro CPM systems with 64K ram=20
> > and floppy drives only.
> >
> > I find it interesting that a major portion of the added power of=20
> > modern computers is spent on eye candy.
> >
> > Just part of the fun.
> >
> > michael
> >
> > On 7/18/07, Alan C. <r.andom@noshut.com> wrote:
> >> Break out the "Back in the day my first hard drive was 18=20
> megabytes,=20
> >> MFM and cost $900" stories...
> >>
> >> -Alan
> >>
> >> On Jul 18, 2007, at 3:04 PM, Rick wrote:
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> >>> Your dating yourself dude! Wasn't that back when dinosaurs flew?
> >>>
> >>> Rick
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