1 gigabyte of memory then and now

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

Spoon 11th · 08-08-09, 12:13 AM

5MB from 1956.

http://www.popular-pics.com/pictures.aspx?photoid=422

Task Force · 08-08-09, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

5MB from 1956.

http://www.popular-pics.com/pictures.aspx?photoid=422

Holy crap thats big...

Wolfehunter · 08-08-09, 12:58 AM

I've seen some big hardrives.. big floppy drives... I've never seen ram that big before...

Jezzz.

This was my first computer fully equipped with voice and sound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A

back in the early 80s.. I still have it boxed...

GoldenRivet · 08-08-09, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

5MB from 1956.

http://www.popular-pics.com/pictures.aspx?photoid=422

you could get maybe TWO MP3 songs on that thing

Bill Nichols · 08-08-09, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melonfish

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

I can beat that. For my Apple ][ in the mid-1980s, my 10 MByte external drive was the size of a shoebox.

Letum · 08-08-09, 05:51 AM

It won't be long before we talk of Yobibyte hard drives that we can hold in
the palm of our hand. The future will think of us as we think of the past.

SteamWake · 08-08-09, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

It won't be long before we talk of Yobibyte hard drives that we can hold in
the palm of our hand. The future will think [of] us as we think of the past.

and they would be right :rotfl:

Kloef · 08-10-09, 01:20 PM

Back in 1985 when i worked for IBM the first harddisk arrived at the office,50MB.....state of the art technology then and we were the first in Europe to receive one....everybody wanted a look so we had extra coffee and chairs so people could wait for their turn to watch 'the magic' as we called it...the price was something like a new house i remember that..

We had a great offer from the company,the 'mother of all pc's' the 8086 processor.A 14 inch monochrome monitor,a keyboard and 2 floppydirves ,2! for the small amout of only 17.000 which was really cheap back then!I declined the offer because i had a Commodore 64(couldnt tell the company about that in those days)..10 years later i did buy one just for nostalgia,i paid $300...an a colour monitor included..

But that 1GB looks really cool,wouldnt mind installing one just for the looks..

we came a long way,micro SD 16GB.....in a mobile phone

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Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	I've seen some big hardrives.. big floppy drives... I've never seen ram that big before... Jezzz. This was my first computer fully equipped with voice and sound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A back in the early 80s.. I still have it boxed... __________________

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	It won't be long before we talk of Yobibyte hard drives that we can hold in the palm of our hand. The future will think of us as we think of the past. __________________ Last edited by Letum; 08-08-09 at 07:15 AM. Reason: "of"

08-10-09, 01:20 PM	#12
Kloef Weps Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 360 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Back in 1985 when i worked for IBM the first harddisk arrived at the office,50MB.....state of the art technology then and we were the first in Europe to receive one....everybody wanted a look so we had extra coffee and chairs so people could wait for their turn to watch 'the magic' as we called it...the price was something like a new house i remember that.. We had a great offer from the company,the 'mother of all pc's' the 8086 processor.A 14 inch monochrome monitor,a keyboard and 2 floppydirves ,2! for the small amout of only 17.000 which was really cheap back then!I declined the offer because i had a Commodore 64(couldnt tell the company about that in those days)..10 years later i did buy one just for nostalgia,i paid $300...an a colour monitor included.. But that 1GB looks really cool,wouldnt mind installing one just for the looks.. we came a long way,micro SD 16GB.....in a mobile phone __________________ http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/

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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	#4
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

08-08-09, 12:13 AM	#5
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	5MB from 1956. http://www.popular-pics.com/pictures.aspx?photoid=422