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IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 #8052725 01/17/24 04:48 PM 01/17/24 04:48 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,182 Fredonia, PA. Finster OP trapper
Finster OP trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,182 Fredonia, PA.	WOW! These days, for those of you that don't know much about computers, you can get a 100MB zip drive for under 10 bucks. I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 [Re: Finster] #8052731 01/17/24 04:57 PM 01/17/24 04:57 PM
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GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 21,112 Green County Wisconsin	a 100GB usb drive for 10 dollars 100mb isn't much when we talking about data transfer of every day internet in 100, 200 mega byte per second most networks are now giga byte per second kb kilo mb mega gb giga tb tera right now a 2 tera byte drive is about 60 dollars and the size of half a deck of playing cards. pb peta eb exa zb zetta yb yotta America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 [Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE] #8052753 01/17/24 05:20 PM 01/17/24 05:20 PM
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Finster OP trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,182 Fredonia, PA.	Originally Posted by GREENCOUNTYPETE a 100GB usb drive for 10 dollars 100mb isn't much when we talking about data transfer of every day internet in 100, 200 mega byte per second most networks are now giga byte per second kb kilo mb mega gb giga tb tera right now a 2 tera byte drive is about 60 dollars and the size of half a deck of playing cards. pb peta eb exa zb zetta yb yotta My point exactly. I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 [Re: Finster] #8052759 01/17/24 05:30 PM 01/17/24 05:30 PM
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GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 21,112 Green County Wisconsin	1998 I bought and 8gb drive and said those words man I will never fill this up was I ever wrong. now win 10 by it's self clutters up a 256GB drive America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 [Re: Finster] #8052784 01/17/24 05:52 PM 01/17/24 05:52 PM
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Cragar trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,974 New York border	They have gotten so much smaller ....... I have this 1TB micro SD card in my cell phone. It's smaller than a dime. NRA benefactor member

Re: IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 [Re: Finster] #8052793 01/17/24 05:59 PM 01/17/24 05:59 PM
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warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 27,520 Georgia	My first computer exposure was a TRS-80 8bit machine in jr high.

Re: IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 [Re: warrior] #8052806 01/17/24 06:09 PM 01/17/24 06:09 PM
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Cragar trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,974 New York border	Originally Posted by warrior My first computer exposure was a TRS-80 8bit machine in jr high. Got ya beat.... Wang 2200 It was the size of a desk. The whole desk was filled with a computer. We also had a key punch machine you could use to make computer cards to load your program into the Wang. The TRS-80 was light years ahead of the old Wang. I'm old..... NRA benefactor member

Re: IBM's New 5MB hard drive. Circa- 1956 [Re: Finster] #8052876 01/17/24 07:01 PM 01/17/24 07:01 PM
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warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 27,520 Georgia	And things grew so fast we were calling it trash 80 by the time we got out of high school.

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