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Memory lane
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RE: Memory lane
(August 27, 2023 at 10:08 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(March 13, 2015 at 1:51 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Yeah, the first time my son really made me feel old was when he asked me what computer I learnt on -- a Commodore PET, like this one:

[Image: pet2001-black.jpg]

"What's that thing on the side, Dad?"
"That's the tape drive."
"Tape deck? Why did it have a tape deck?"
"No, tape drive. Kind of like a disk drive, only it used magnetic tape, a cassette, instead of a disk."
"Wow, I bet that could store a lot."
"No, it held about 20 K per side."
"20 K? [laughs] How much memory did it have?"
"Uh, 4 K Ram, and BASIC stored in ROM."
"4 K?! [loud laughter] What year was that, Dad, 1931?!"

Ha! kids!
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Memory lane - by LinuxGal - August 23, 2023 at 11:34 pm
RE: Memory lane - by brewer - August 24, 2023 at 8:49 am
RE: Memory lane - by Bucky Ball - August 24, 2023 at 9:24 am
RE: Memory lane - by Thumpalumpacus - August 24, 2023 at 1:28 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fireball - August 24, 2023 at 2:00 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Bucky Ball - August 24, 2023 at 6:28 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Gawdzilla Sama - August 24, 2023 at 6:30 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Astreja - August 26, 2023 at 9:55 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Angrboda - August 26, 2023 at 10:37 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fireball - August 26, 2023 at 10:54 pm
RE: Memory lane - by polymath257 - August 27, 2023 at 9:12 am
RE: Memory lane - by Anomalocaris - August 27, 2023 at 9:55 am
RE: Memory lane - by Thumpalumpacus - August 27, 2023 at 10:08 am
RE: Memory lane - by zebo-the-fat - August 27, 2023 at 10:40 am
RE: Memory lane - by Anomalocaris - August 27, 2023 at 11:11 am
RE: Memory lane - by Astreja - August 27, 2023 at 12:18 pm
RE: Memory lane - by polymath257 - October 20, 2023 at 6:52 am
RE: Memory lane - by zebo-the-fat - August 27, 2023 at 12:07 pm
RE: Memory lane - by LinuxGal - September 8, 2023 at 10:22 pm
RE: Memory lane - by LinuxGal - October 8, 2023 at 9:27 pm
RE: Memory lane - by LinuxGal - October 19, 2023 at 10:05 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fireball - October 19, 2023 at 10:20 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Thumpalumpacus - October 20, 2023 at 10:37 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 22, 2023 at 3:39 pm
RE: Memory lane - by LinuxGal - October 21, 2023 at 9:20 pm
RE: Memory lane - by polymath257 - October 22, 2023 at 11:36 am
RE: Memory lane - by Silver - October 22, 2023 at 11:50 am
RE: Memory lane - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 22, 2023 at 12:15 pm
RE: Memory lane - by polymath257 - October 22, 2023 at 12:47 pm
RE: Memory lane - by arewethereyet - October 22, 2023 at 2:05 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 22, 2023 at 3:40 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fireball - October 22, 2023 at 4:12 pm
RE: Memory lane - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 22, 2023 at 4:28 pm
RE: Memory lane - by polymath257 - October 22, 2023 at 7:53 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fake Messiah - October 23, 2023 at 12:11 pm
RE: Memory lane - by arewethereyet - October 23, 2023 at 12:13 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fake Messiah - October 23, 2023 at 4:51 pm
RE: Memory lane - by arewethereyet - October 23, 2023 at 5:10 pm
RE: Memory lane - by zebo-the-fat - October 22, 2023 at 1:51 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Silver - October 22, 2023 at 1:53 pm
RE: Memory lane - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 22, 2023 at 3:40 pm
RE: Memory lane - by polymath257 - October 22, 2023 at 7:53 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Silver - October 22, 2023 at 4:15 pm
RE: Memory lane - by LinuxGal - October 26, 2023 at 9:32 pm
RE: Memory lane - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 27, 2023 at 5:04 am
RE: Memory lane - by LinuxGal - October 27, 2023 at 6:39 am
RE: Memory lane - by Fake Messiah - October 27, 2023 at 1:14 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Thumpalumpacus - October 27, 2023 at 1:18 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fake Messiah - October 30, 2023 at 4:29 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Ravenshire - October 30, 2023 at 4:44 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Silver - October 30, 2023 at 4:46 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Ravenshire - October 30, 2023 at 4:48 pm
RE: Memory lane - by arewethereyet - October 30, 2023 at 4:49 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Fake Messiah - October 30, 2023 at 11:46 pm
RE: Memory lane - by Silver - November 8, 2023 at 2:38 pm

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