kallend 1,622 #1 May 8, 2012 It's 32 (2^5) years since I bought my first computer. Adding an extra 16k of memory cost me $100 (1980 dollars). 16G of memory would have cost $100,000,000 It just cost me $100 (2012 dollars) to add 16G of memory to my phone. That's 1 million times less per byte, even before accounting for inflation.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #2 May 8, 2012 Well, you know what they say about memories; current memories are memories of memories. That you only remember remembering. Memory ain't what it used to be! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strop45 0 #3 May 8, 2012 I wrote my first program 40 years ago - in portran, punched manually into cards and run by the local bank at their central office :-)The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -- Albert Einstein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #4 May 8, 2012 QuoteIt's 32 (2^5) years since I bought my first computer. Adding an extra 16k of memory cost me $100 (1980 dollars). 16G of memory would have cost $100,000,000 It just cost me $100 (2012 dollars) to add 16G of memory to my phone. That's 1 million times less per byte, even before accounting for inflation.yes but at the time you could do things with 16k of memoryscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killler 2 #5 May 8, 2012 The first computer that I had was a IBM 5100... 32k, 2 cassette tapes, 3in screen B/W.... Had to write all your own software in BasicWe paid IBM $28,000 for it, And that was without the dot printer.... Salesman said we would NEVER need more then 32k.....killler.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,622 #6 May 8, 2012 QuoteI wrote my first program 40 years ago - in portran, punched manually into cards and run by the local bank at their central office :-) I got you beat by 5 years. And mine was on punched paper tape.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,622 #7 May 8, 2012 QuoteQuoteIt's 32 (2^5) years since I bought my first computer. Adding an extra 16k of memory cost me $100 (1980 dollars). 16G of memory would have cost $100,000,000 It just cost me $100 (2012 dollars) to add 16G of memory to my phone. That's 1 million times less per byte, even before accounting for inflation.yes but at the time you could do things with 16k of memory Indeed. I wrote a flight simulator that ran in 48k, which included the screen memory.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #8 May 8, 2012 QuoteAdding an extra 16k of memory cost me $100 (1980 dollars) Sucker! I bought 16K expansion for my Atari 800 for $89. It was the size of a large, thin paperback book. I installed it myself. I was 10.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strop45 0 #9 May 8, 2012 Quote I got you beat by 5 years. And mine was on punched paper tape. Fair enough, but I'm a mere 52 years old, so I'm guessing that you have me beat by more than 5 years Incidentally saw my first ever hand-held calculator 42 years ago, an HP :-) still use one and RP on my android phone calculator today.The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -- Albert Einstein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #10 May 8, 2012 I used to work for fairchild/xincom division on bubble-memory testers. Also, had a timex/sinclair with the memory expansion module! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #11 May 8, 2012 man do I miss the paper tape reader/shredders.... or the mylar stretching versions... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,622 #12 May 8, 2012 Quote Quote Adding an extra 16k of memory cost me $100 (1980 dollars) Sucker! I bought 16K expansion for my Atari 800 for $89. It was the size of a large, thin paperback book. I installed it myself. I was 10. Yeah, Apple was always expensive. But at least I didn't have to use a cheap Atari... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #13 May 9, 2012 The first computer my dad got when I was a kid was a Radio Shack TRS-80. Right about 1979 or 1980. It had a specialized tape deck using cassette tapes to load programs. It's still in their basement in the original packaging today. Going to be fun cleaning the basement out when the time comes."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #14 May 9, 2012 I used to joke/dream about some day having a gadget the size of a book of matches that would hold all of my record collection on it. It's here. I also have a hard drive the size of a fat paperback that holds all my movie collection on it and a kindle with my entire library. Let's hear it for cheap memory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #15 May 9, 2012 Memory is cheap. Thank God for that. The older you get, the more you lose.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
