Comments on: Computer Evolution

By: Al Bee

Al Bee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

The first program I wrote was written for an 8K IBM 1460. The second program I wrote in machine languagee because I was told I would'nt survive without machine language familiarity. That was in 1965. The 1460 was a transistor "driven" as opposed to the previous vacuum tubes.

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yeah, Joyner, ya n00b.

My first computer had 128K. Back then, 1 Mb hard drives cost $1000 or more.

My first PC ran at a screaming 10 MHz and had a 40 Mb hard drive, which I never filled.

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

A 128MB USB flash device was one of my backup devices for my dissertation. It probably would have fit on a 64MB device (certainly the TeX source would have, along with the final PDF document, but fitting in all of the analysis and data sets would have been tight).

By: Kevin Aylward

Kevin Aylward — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Chris you could have zipped them.

I managed to carry documents around on and 8MB USB Disk for the last two years. Great for home to office (and vice versa) transport.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I know the weird disconnet. My first computer was a Commadore 64. My first hard drive was 20 megs (and $400). I just purchased a memory card for my digital camera: 128 Megs for price I paid for one meg of memory for my first 286 computer.

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

My friends used to program a computer in high school that was so large, it took up a whole room. I think that was only 128K.

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