[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 11:07 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 10 2005, 12:03 PM\']Do I even HAVE this modem anymore? Stacker 3.0? Yeesh, why the hell did I ever use that to start with? (Answer, for the whippersnappers: my first drive in my first PC (I was an Apple II user up until '91) was 80 megabytes. That's mega, with an M, not giga.)
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I've got you beat: my first computer didn't have a hard drive. It was a TI-99/4A, with programs being saved to
cassette tape. Do the young farts here even know what cassettes are? :-p
Of course, I'm sure Matt, the other Chris, and the rest of the senior set will regale us of their stories when the only computer and broadcasting equipment available had vacuum tubes and stored data on punch cards....
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Yep, I remember those days. I think I've got y'all (well, the older folks) beat. My first PC was the VIC 20 (which was advertised as competing with the Atari and Intellivision game systems). It didn't have a hard drive, but had a 5K RAM. You could run some decent programs on it like a "Space Invaders" or a "Pac-Man" cover. One of my game show ideas started there, then migrated to my next PC (IBM clone with a 40MB HD).
Now, I've had this for 2 1/2 years (80GB HD). The only thing I've had done to it so far is replace my expensive LCD monitor for a standard (and used the extra money to buy "Roller Coaster Tycoon 3".)