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From: Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2
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In article <mailman.1523.1368160434.3114.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> The first hard disk I ever worked with stored 20MB in the space of a
> 5.25" slot (plus its associated ISA controller card).

Heh.  The first hard disk I ever worked with stored 2.4 MB in 6U of rack 
space (plus 4 Unibus cards worth of controller).  That's not actually 
the first hard disk I ever used.  Just the first one I ever got to touch 
with my own hands.

Did I mention that the air filters had to be changed a few times a year?
  
Uphill both ways, in the snow, while beating off the dinosaurs with 
sticks.