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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
You mean 10Gb drive right? In 1990 a 500Mb hard drive was a big deal.

In 1989 a 60MB hard drive cost approximately $500 in 1989 dollars. I worked in a computer lab at a local college and the PCs that we maintained for the students used each had 10MB hard drives.

IBM Model 350 Hard Drive from 1956 being unloaded from an airliner with a forklift. It had a whopping 5MB of Data Storage! Who could ever need that much fast access storage space?

37 posted on 01/05/2017 11:40:09 AM PST by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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To: fireman15

I saw a movie where one of those became self conscious and took over the worlds nuke systems... Colossus? Pretty scary stuff for a 10 yr old...


40 posted on 01/05/2017 11:41:27 AM PST by Professional
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To: fireman15

Remember not long ago, digital camera’s would never be successful because their resolution was so small...


41 posted on 01/05/2017 11:43:22 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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