Think your 1 gbps home NW is fast?

SUBMAN1 · 12-06-06, 05:16 PM

New standard by 2010 to be 100G now! Wow! Then again, I'm an old timer around PC's, so I remember when a fast network was a 115 baud serial cable!!! If you tell me to dig deep enough, I might even be able to find an 8" floppy, but don't ask me to make it work anymore.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...et.html?page=1

-S

TteFAboB · 12-06-06, 06:12 PM

"That's alot of nuts!" - Shop vendor, Kung Pow, the first one.

Sailor Steve · 12-07-06, 12:11 PM

I don't know networks, but I do remember my first hard drive-all 20MB.

JSLTIGER · 12-07-06, 12:19 PM

The first machine I worked on had a 20MB HDD and a 5.25" Floppy drive...my grandpa's 1983 IBM PC XT.

nightdagger · 12-07-06, 05:56 PM

I remember when Windows 3.1 was amazingly cool and new. I was like 5 or something.

SUBMAN1 · 12-07-06, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

The first machine I worked on had a 20MB HDD and a 5.25" Floppy drive...my grandpa's 1983 IBM PC XT.

Thats nice! Way better than my first. My first machine was a 1977 C/PM system. It had 64K RAM and dual 5.25" floppies. It cost about $10K in its day.

12-06-06, 05:16 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Think your 1 gbps home NW is fast? New standard by 2010 to be 100G now! Wow! Then again, I'm an old timer around PC's, so I remember when a fast network was a 115 baud serial cable!!! If you tell me to dig deep enough, I might even be able to find an 8" floppy, but don't ask me to make it work anymore. http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...et.html?page=1 -S __________________

12-06-06, 06:12 PM	#2
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	"That's alot of nuts!" - Shop vendor, Kung Pow, the first one. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

12-07-06, 12:11 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't know networks, but I do remember my first hard drive-all 20MB. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-07-06, 12:19 PM	#4
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The first machine I worked on had a 20MB HDD and a 5.25" Floppy drive...my grandpa's 1983 IBM PC XT. __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

12-07-06, 05:56 PM	#5
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I remember when Windows 3.1 was amazingly cool and new. I was like 5 or something.