Re: [UUG/MLUG] Hdd's?

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I didn't mean to say that's as far back as I go.  I remember upgrading my 8088
to 640K of RAM (because that's all you'll ever need).  That among other "I'm
so damn old" stories.  Buy me a beer sometime and I'll tell more :)


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> > Way back in the olden days when 1.08GB drives cost $500, I bought one.  Put it 
> > in a 486 (old even for then) which of course could only read 500MB.  I ended 
> > up putting dos/windoze on about 300MB without any overlay software, and put 
> > Linux on the rest.
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> When I graduated from Mizzou in 1985, it cost me ~$600 for a 10 Mb drive with a
> controller card. Your "olden days" don't go back too far! :)
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> Jim Bradley -- Maryville, MO USA (EMAIL:PROTECTED)
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