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To: Pimpmygop
Remember when Windows 3.1 and a 20MB disk was high tech.

Now we get 20mb/sec transfers. What's in another 10 years?

14 posted on 12/12/2005 3:54:57 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun
Remember when Windows 3.1 and a 20MB disk was high tech.

The first 'desktop' I used had no hard drive and two 8-inch floppy disks. Each stored about 64k of data, IIRC. The processor had 64k RAM, which was more than the company mainframes had.
17 posted on 12/12/2005 4:11:04 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: TexasCajun
Remember when Windows 3.1 and a 20MB disk was high tech. Now we get 20mb/sec transfers. What's in another 10 years?

Yeah, I remember the MITS Altair 8800 Computer - 1975 about $400
With a mightly 256 bytes, expandable to 1k memory
There was no keyboard or display; the hobbyist programmed the computer using a panel of switches
and read the output from a panel of neon bulbs

18 posted on 12/12/2005 4:20:14 PM PST by HangnJudge
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To: TexasCajun
What's in another 10 years?

I'll be close to retiring, I hope. Then I can piss away even more time at my PC. Oh well, beats having a life.....[snicker]

24 posted on 12/12/2005 5:59:28 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s
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