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minus-squareUlrich_the_Old@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·6 months agoWhen I bought my first PC about 1982. The seller told me that I would never live long enough to fill up the 10MB drive. I still bought the 40MB drive and it was still too small.
minus-squareemptiestplace@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months agoI think you might be off by a few years at least, a 40MB drive in 1982 would’ve been incredibly uncommon.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoIdk man. In the 1980s 8-inch drives used with some mid-range systems increased from a low of about 30 MB in 1980, to a top-of-the-line 3 GB in 1989. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives Seems like 30MB wasn’t horribly uncommon in “mid-range systems” in 1980, so I doubt that 40MB in 1982 would’ve been “incredibly uncommon.” But I’ve no personal experience from the time.
minus-squareemptiestplace@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months ago“Mid-range systems” is not referring to personal computers. “8-inch drives” is another clue.
minus-squareUlrich_the_Old@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt is possible that I might be slightly mistaken over something unimportant that happened 40 years ago. Yes it is possible.
When I bought my first PC about 1982. The seller told me that I would never live long enough to fill up the 10MB drive. I still bought the 40MB drive and it was still too small.
I think you might be off by a few years at least, a 40MB drive in 1982 would’ve been incredibly uncommon.
Idk man.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives
Seems like 30MB wasn’t horribly uncommon in “mid-range systems” in 1980, so I doubt that 40MB in 1982 would’ve been “incredibly uncommon.”
But I’ve no personal experience from the time.
“Mid-range systems” is not referring to personal computers. “8-inch drives” is another clue.
True, he did say PC, fair enough.
It is possible that I might be slightly mistaken over something unimportant that happened 40 years ago. Yes it is possible.