You know those newfangled MP3 files kids these days use to play their devil music?
Back in my day, you couldn't store more than one of them on the typical hard drive. Didn't really matter, as they hadn't been invented, and the CPU was several orders of magnitude to small to decode them in real time.
If that weren't enough, I/O subsystems were far too slow, and memory capacity was far too little to buffer them.
Ah, the good old days.
I remember as late as 1990 working on systems that stored 5MB, used up a sixth of a standard rack, and weighed several hundred pounds. Those drives - usually only one - were connected to systems that would run the business end of businesses such as a parts warehouse or small factory.
Back in my day, you couldn't store more than one of them on the typical hard drive. Didn't really matter, as they hadn't been invented, and the CPU was several orders of magnitude to small to decode them in real time.
If that weren't enough, I/O subsystems were far too slow, and memory capacity was far too little to buffer them.
Ah, the good old days.
I remember as late as 1990 working on systems that stored 5MB, used up a sixth of a standard rack, and weighed several hundred pounds. Those drives - usually only one - were connected to systems that would run the business end of businesses such as a parts warehouse or small factory.
