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for the comp nerds among us

I started working with pc's around 1991, my first pc was a radio rentals 486 SX25 with 4mb of ram, I used to surf the net using CompuServe dial up, I thought I was the kiddie lol.

Back then 4mb of ram cost 120 quid, 2 weeks wages on my "apprenticeship salary"#

First pc game was Theme Park by Bullfrog, kept me amused for months, and Syndicate was shooting game I loved :)

Ram prices back then were so volatile, one day a stick would cost 80 quid, then 120, I remember working at Northamber and there was a big fire/earthquake in Korea or some other memory production country, and all the sales guys were running around trying to source chips.

Hard drives were called names like Bigfoot and a 8GB monster would have cost you a grand +

Now I sit here with my new Nokia N95 with 2Gb of memory and just wonder where the years went :)

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Ronny
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"Pete M" wrote in message news:eve0cu$1pr$ snipped-for-privacy@registered.motzarella.org...

But it's Valley speak rather than the British excuse for the same thing. Something we British copied.

:) She finds some of our sayings equally charming.

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DervMan

The P90 was actually usable for the C++ work I was doing on it - the 486 DX2

66 was massively slower, and even doubling the speed to 133 wouldn't have got near the speed of the pentium.

cheers, clive

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Clive George

"Fraser Johnston" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

That was the one that looked like a drain cover ;-)

Reply to
Tunku

Wouldn't that be "Oh m'gaaaaaaahhd! Gag me with a spoon!"?

Reply to
conkersack

You're right - it's a Quantum Fireball. Found a Seagate Medalist 1.2GB as well :)

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Lordy.UK

Oi.

Oi!!

FWIW, I reckon the passat is a bit crap. I mean, it's comfy and quiet and economical and well built, but it's dull as ditch water to drive. It doesn't make me feel in the slightest bit smug to drive it - if anything I'm slightly irritated that I'm not having more fun for my 15p/mile. I'm very tempted to chop it in against a 406 or a mondeo or something which will make me grin occasionally. (cue suggestions for diesel estate cars in the ~£2k price bracket which are at least marginally fun to chuck about) All that said, Macs are cool :-p

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Albert T Cone

The current one seems to be like a clone of a Rover 75. Hence crap.

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Steve Firth

Bit? :)

That sounds like my Saab then. Except it isn't merely comfortable, it's ubercomfortable. :)

I don't run something fun myself, having decided that a pure drivers car makes too many compromises (like, no rear seats, boot in the front) and needing those compromises (like, long range, big boot, blah) and not having the space for two cars...

Hmm. Mondeo, 405, 406, Xantia*, old, old shape 3-series.

*in a "the road is down there somewhere" way.

They were cool until people knew they were cool. Now any pikey can own one. :)

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DervMan

They were cool until a use was found for them i.e. interface between the ipod and the internet.

Reply to
Mark W

What computer was that then?

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ThePunisher

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