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To: markomalley

That’s a positively modern compared to the first single-sided 360K drives available from Commodore.


4 posted on 06/20/2011 4:11:05 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE

They’re going to lose their shirts.

“Colors and graphics” may be fun for the kids when it comes to Pong and Pac-Man down at the arcade but they just aren’t going to be an issue in personal computing.

Thanks but no thanks... I’ll hold on to my PET.


6 posted on 06/20/2011 4:23:50 AM PDT by golux
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To: SJSAMPLE

Don’t forget little brother VIC-20’s cassette tape storage.


20 posted on 06/20/2011 7:14:09 AM PDT by j_tull (I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

My first PC clone was a Commodore with two 360K floppy disk drives.

A year later my office had a 20 meg HD. The guy in the next office bragged about his 40 meg. My thought was “who in the heck needs 40 megs, it would take a lifetime to fill it.”


24 posted on 06/20/2011 7:19:13 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: SJSAMPLE

I might be wrong, but I seem to remember the C1541 as being a 170K drive.


42 posted on 06/21/2011 6:54:24 PM PDT by Melas (Sent via Galaxy Tab)
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