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M_Six · 10-27-2024, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

5.25" floppy? Get off my lawn! My first computer had 8" Shugart floppies (SSSD) that only held 241K.....

I shall remove my bod from your sod.

Esteban · 10-27-2024, 07:43 PM

Leave us to not forget programs on cassettes, and the enormous amount of time they took to load.

JeffL0 · 10-27-2024, 07:43 PM

My first computer was a 286 running at 10MHz with a "Turbo" button for 20MHz. It had a HDD, which was not common at the time, a massive 20MB disk (nope, not a typo, 20 Megabytes)

3.0L · 10-27-2024, 07:55 PM

You sniffed this crap… I mean air freshener.

dscabra · 10-28-2024, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

1.44MB floppy? Newb.

Commodore 64 with the 5-1/4" floppy and flight sim. Now that was something to behold.

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Oh yes, Commodore 64. I even got the Commodore 128, thinking how much better the programs would be. Sadly, hardly anything was made to take advantage of it because the C-64 was so popular.

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

5.25" floppy? Get off my lawn! My first computer had 8" Shugart floppies (SSSD) that only held 241K.....

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Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...he_floppy_disk

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Leave us to not forget programs on cassettes, and the enormous amount of time they took to load.

This is what I used to load programs on the first computers I used in the workplace.

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M_Six · 10-28-2024, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by dscabra

This is what I used to load programs on the first computers I used in the workplace.

My high school had terminals with those tape feeds. Mainframe was in the other high school across town. No GUI or even a monitor. Just a fancy typewriter.

hubbahubba · 10-28-2024, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Buug959

Or just before the flight boarding call.

Sitting on a plane right now waiting to leave. Went when we arrived at the airport, again when thru security, then when we got to the gate. Once more for good measure before boarding. Hope I’m good for the next 2 hours!

Buug959 · 10-28-2024, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hubbahubba

Sitting on a plane right now waiting to leave. Went when we arrived at the airport, again when thru security, then when we got to the gate. Once more for good measure before boarding. Hope I’m good for the next 2 hours!

I went through that twice on the weekend. Flew in to YTZ for a show on Saturday evening and home again yesterday.

hubbahubba · 10-28-2024, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Buug959

I went through that twice on the weekend. Flew in to YTZ for a show on Saturday evening and home again yesterday.

This is my return home trip. Flew to Denver on Saturday for the Broncos game yesterday.

Buug959 · 10-28-2024, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by hubbahubba

This is my return home trip. Flew to Denver on Saturday for the Broncos game yesterday.

I went for an Iron Maiden concert.

Enjoy your flight.

hubbahubba · 10-28-2024, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Buug959

I went for an Iron Maiden concert.

Enjoy your flight.

Nice!!

3.0L · Yesterday, 12:26 PM

One of these was in your classroom. Or if like me, you repaired 100’s of them.

Esteban · Yesterday, 03:02 PM

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John H. · Yesterday, 05:39 PM

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Fit 3 in the trunk of a 1965 Impala SS. Great times. Miss it.
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3.0L · Yesterday, 07:57 PM

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Fit 3 in the trunk of a 1965 Impala SS. Great times. Miss it.
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Tried that once. Got caught and evicted. 🤣

toosrimpeldoos · Today, 03:25 AM

You remember that you climbed into a car and realised there are no belts in the backseat.

get off my lawn !!!

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