1 gigabyte of memory then and now

SteamWake · 08-06-09, 02:33 PM

A photo illustration of 1 gig of memory circa 1980 and current times.

Hard to believe.

Task Force · 08-06-09, 02:36 PM

Holy crap. its as big/bigger as/than a dinner plate...

Morts · 08-06-09, 03:08 PM

the memorycard that is representing now is rather big, ive got an 8 gigabyte memorycard that is slightly less than half of it

SteamWake · 08-06-09, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Holy crap. its as big/bigger as/than a dinner plate...

LOL at first glance I thought it was a flywheel out of a volkswagon :rotfl:

stabiz · 08-06-09, 05:57 PM

But how much cooler is that old memory? I want four of those bad boys hanging from the side of my case, hissing and steaming with a faint radioactive glow. Oh, and the voice from Command & Conquer telling me how much RAM I am using.

Onkel Neal · 08-06-09, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Morts

the memorycard that is representing now is rather big, ive got an 8 gigabyte memorycard that is slightly less than half of it

Won't be long before memory will be a virtual entity.

Letum · 08-06-09, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Won't be long before memory will be a virtual entity.

Isn't it already?

You can pick up storage devices, but you can't pick up the memory/information stored inside.

Onkel Neal · 08-06-09, 08:20 PM

Hmmm... that's right.

Zachstar · 08-06-09, 09:22 PM

That card is actually very big. On a modern hard drive platter you can fit 500GB making each GB "Spot" difficult to spot.

And on top of that you've got SSD tech that can fit a gig into an area almost too small to see.

bookworm_020 · 08-06-09, 10:23 PM

Reminds you how much things have changed

antikristuseke · 08-06-09, 10:56 PM

Are my eyes decieving me or are those the largest platers I have ever seen?

Rhodes · 08-07-09, 05:32 AM

Ahhh, the good old days of an real Hard (and heavy) heavy drive!

Melonfish · 08-07-09, 06:23 AM

my m8's got a hard drive from gods knows when, its a 70mb drive, its the size of a breezeblock and weighs as much as the same size of depleted uranium!!!

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 08-07-09, 06:56 AM

Actually, the 1980 1GB looks smaller than I would have imagined. Even when I had my first computer around the early 90s, 1GB was a pretty unreachable amount IIRC - mine had around 420MB and was it 16MB RAM or was it only 8?

Melonfish · 08-07-09, 09:02 AM

i remember the external hard drives for my amiga back in the early 90's it was the same size as the entire pc but only 10% its width.
it was HUGE holding a whopping 150mb!

in fact here's one right here

08-06-09, 02:33 PM	#1
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stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	But how much cooler is that old memory? I want four of those bad boys hanging from the side of my case, hissing and steaming with a faint radioactive glow. Oh, and the voice from Command & Conquer telling me how much RAM I am using. __________________

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Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	That card is actually very big. On a modern hard drive platter you can fit 500GB making each GB "Spot" difficult to spot. And on top of that you've got SSD tech that can fit a gig into an area almost too small to see. __________________

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Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	the memorycard that is representing now is rather big, ive got an 8 gigabyte memorycard that is slightly less than half of it

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Are my eyes decieving me or are those the largest platers I have ever seen?

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,516 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Ahhh, the good old days of an real Hard (and heavy) heavy drive! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

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Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	my m8's got a hard drive from gods knows when, its a 70mb drive, its the size of a breezeblock and weighs as much as the same size of depleted uranium!!!

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Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Actually, the 1980 1GB looks smaller than I would have imagined. Even when I had my first computer around the early 90s, 1GB was a pretty unreachable amount IIRC - mine had around 420MB and was it 16MB RAM or was it only 8?

08-07-09, 09:02 AM	#15
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	i remember the external hard drives for my amiga back in the early 90's it was the same size as the entire pc but only 10% its width. it was HUGE holding a whopping 150mb! in fact here's one right here