oops,...er, I thought it said 'computing'

[ufkacbln]

The Spectrum / Commodore was quite funny

One quoted RAM +ROM,one quoted RAM

Overall they had identical memory

 

[Grant Fondo]

My first pc gpu had 256kb of VRAM....now i hace 2 x 8gb, ludicrous!

 

[Kestevan]

I remember the time of the DEC PDP-11

They had proper disk drives

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All 5MB of it !

My first proper job was as operator on an aging ICL-2900 Mainframe.. One of the daily task involved changing that days drive packs. I recall there were 5 drives, each holding a 200mb Disk platter array. They weighed a bloody ton, and were rather "fragile".....

Better than spending a couple of hours getting punched paper tape to read (and repairing it when it tore - every 10 minutes or so).

 

[ufkacbln]

THere was a quote about the problems with computers and data storage, which I vaguely remember and cannot attribute.

BAsically:

YOu can read the Dead Sea Scrolls...... but try getting an invoice off a 5" floppy disc

 

[overmind]