Beefsteak 305 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Not really Nottstalgia but guess what? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Pan Am Airways installing its first superloo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 !tony! Close, but you're not right Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ube 38 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 first blackbox Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 !tony! It's the first something though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 In-flight video device? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 !tony! Clue. It''s just being transported Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ube 38 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 drinks machine....computer.....flux coverter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Partly there ube Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hard disk drive? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 !clapping! Spot on Eric , The worlds first hard drive , now for the fun part GUESS THE BITE SIZE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 720kb (unless you drilled a hole in the bottom corner, when it became 1.44 mb)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I'm going for something MASSIVE.... 1Mb - yes ONE megabyte! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickety 1 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Bill Gates once said that 640k would be enough. So Im saying its 640K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zab 47 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I'm going for 512k but I've a feeling it might be lower. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 It's actually 5 MB, but when you think that you are probably on a 2 giga bite !!!!!! I have lost the link to the site so I can't give the exact dates and details Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 What is it? A Winchester? What about the original Supercomputer the Cray II. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-2 Seymour Cray is the legendary designer of a range of supercomputers, first for Control Data Corporation (CDC) and later for his own firm, Cray Research, Cray Computer Corporation and SRC Computers. The CRAY-1, introduced in 1976, became the icon of the supercomputer world with its unique design (often called the most expensive love seat ever made). http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/c...236&sortBy= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Found the link, it's on that facinating "Snopes" site that Limey first put us on to .Cheers Eric http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/storage.asp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 What is it? A Winchester?What about the original Supercomputer the Cray II. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-2 Seymour Cray is the legendary designer of a range of supercomputers, first for Control Data Corporation (CDC) and later for his own firm, Cray Research, Cray Computer Corporation and SRC Computers. The CRAY-1, introduced in 1976, became the icon of the supercomputer world with its unique design (often called the most expensive love seat ever made). http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/c...236&sortBy= When I worked for RR down in Derby in the early 80s, we built what was then the biggest database in the UK - and one of the biggest in the world - that was a two meg jobbie! Of an evening, me and my mate would get together and paly table tennis on his PET Commodore - you must remember those two vertical paddles and the square ball! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 We used to play on them and that noise Bip, bop, bip, bop, (it was the 70's when I first had a go onone though Charlie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I should add that I learnt my computing skills in town - just across from the cinema and up a bit - what is that little bit of road called, that dead-ends when it reaches Upper Parliament Street? I was sent there by a guy in a computer shop that used to be on upper Parliament street - on the right-hand side as you drive up and out of town. The guy told me it would cost a lot to get on tyhe course but in fact it was a TOPS course, paying £35 per week! Once a week we used to go down to the Bell and have a couple of jars! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 We used to play on them and that noise Bip, bop, bip, bop, (it was the 70's when I first had a go onone though Charlie. Did somebody call?????? I beleive I still have one of those tennis games made I think by Benitone......sorry if the spelling isn't right. Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I can honestly say that until about '79 when my market-stall business was going bust I didn't really know that computers existed - certainly not in a meaningful way! It all came into focus when I was job-hunting and read a book called the mighty micro! Now of course they're everywhere and magic with it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Hi Charlie, i went on a computer course on Chapel bar, it was above a shop and run by a company called IT World. Could this be the same course as yours? Den. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Hi Charlie, i went on a computer course on Chapel bar, it was above a shop and run by a company called IT World. Could this be the same course as yours?Den. Well...........this was in 1980 and I think they were called CDC (Control Data Corporation) and they had a deal with RR where RR would take on a lot of the graduates. Is it Chapel bar that sits above slab square? Walking up from Yate's almost to the railings at the dead and and then a narrow entrance where you have to go upsatirs to the office? This is the big problem with getting old - so many memories are full of holes! I started out as a trainee analyst and ended up as head of IT Security for Barclays Corporate sector. Not bad for an uneducated, ex-dj from the Penny! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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