Remember this.
Jan 6, 2023 18:31:48 #
Red Farmer
Loc: Northeast Illinois and Door County
I remember 1969 this was in a semi trailer and 4 years later it was in a TI 30.
Jan 6, 2023 18:36:11 #
Jan 6, 2023 18:38:40 #
YUP!!
Same with a 20K hard drive platter that was the size of an LP record.
Same with a 20K hard drive platter that was the size of an LP record.
Jan 7, 2023 06:05:51 #
Jan 7, 2023 07:43:05 #
Red Farmer wrote:
I remember 1969 this was in a semi trailer and 4 years later it was in a TI 30.
Comes with its own paper dispenser.
I remember going back into the matrix rooms to do debugging with a heavy vacuum cleaner on my back.
Jan 7, 2023 08:47:00 #
Jan 7, 2023 08:49:57 #
The TI-30 came out in 1976 a little bit later than 4 years after 1969. Didn't buy the TI-30. I opted for the the HP-25 Christmas 1976.
Jan 7, 2023 09:07:18 #
Jan 7, 2023 10:23:09 #
Red Farmer
Loc: Northeast Illinois and Door County
Thats a long time ago to remember model numbers. I just remember a 4 function with a memory button that came out in 1973. It was expensive.
Jan 7, 2023 10:36:58 #
Really enjoyed the cartoon, but somethings don’t get improved upon with time. In the early 80s, I was going to grad school and needed a good financial calculator. I went for the gonzo and bought a HP-12C, which is still available and considered by many as one of the best. As for mine, it still works just fine almost 40 years later. However, to the best of my knowledge, I’ve never used in a bathroom, nor felt the need.
Jan 7, 2023 11:12:51 #
It sends me back to 1976 or 7.
I was running an Atari Bulletin Board System (remember THOSE?) and I decided to upgrade the storage to a 10 meg. hard drive. There were some issues...
The eight-bit Atari OS was never designed, nor intended, to support that kind of storage so I had to have the BBS software rewritten to recognize more than a handful of 8 character filenames. Even after the OS and software issues the system would crash just about everyday, sometimes at very inopportune times.
This 10 mb wonder was the size of a loaf of bread and set me back $849.00 plus tax.
Yes, I remember...
I was running an Atari Bulletin Board System (remember THOSE?) and I decided to upgrade the storage to a 10 meg. hard drive. There were some issues...
The eight-bit Atari OS was never designed, nor intended, to support that kind of storage so I had to have the BBS software rewritten to recognize more than a handful of 8 character filenames. Even after the OS and software issues the system would crash just about everyday, sometimes at very inopportune times.
This 10 mb wonder was the size of a loaf of bread and set me back $849.00 plus tax.
Yes, I remember...
Jan 7, 2023 11:25:40 #
My immediate thought was NO S--T. I worked on some of the oldest space projects over 60 years ago. We were fascinated that Texas Instruments was able to put an entire circuit in the same can as a single transistor. Now there would be thousands. We can all thank NASA.
Jan 7, 2023 11:30:11 #
Jan 7, 2023 12:23:26 #
In the early 1970's I received a Bomar calculator in partial payment for some technical writing. Just four functions, and were going for about $105 thru a petroleum company, can't remember which. Wish I would have not thrown it away years ago.
Jan 7, 2023 13:48:07 #
Former IBM president, Thomas Watson, once questioned why anyone would ever want a computer in their house😳
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