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| From | philo <philo@privacy.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: New hard drive |
| Date | 2015-09-14 10:20 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mt6ofv$o4l$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <mstass$3vb$2@dont-email.me> <alpine.LNX.2.02.1509102321310.10685@darkstar.example.org> |
On 09/10/2015 10:23 PM, Michael Black wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, philo wrote: > >> Today I installed a 4Tb hard drive in a friend's machine... >> it went well and was a "no big deal" operation. >> >> >> Seems like only yesterday...with trembling hands...I replaced the 850 >> meg drive in my P-1 with a 2 Gb drive. I was sure nervous when I did >> it and when I got it installed and checked the drive's capacity, I >> felt like I was in a huge empty canyon. >> > And the 2gig drive cost more than this 4 Tb drive? > > It was 14 years ago (this past June) that I got a used 200MHz Pentium > with 32K of RAM and a 2gig hard drive, to run Linux. That drive seemed > endless. When I was given a hand me down 1GHz Pentium with 512K of RAM > and a 20gig hard drive, I thought I'd never run out of space. > > Michael > My first Linux install was on a 486 with a 170 meg HD and I did not install a GUI...just wanted to see if I could do it. I later dual booted Win98 and Red Hat 5.2 on a P-1 and used a 20 gig HD...ran great and I never filled up the drive.
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New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-10 20:33 -0500
Re: New hard drive Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-10 23:23 -0400
Re: New hard drive Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2015-09-11 07:07 +0100
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-14 10:20 -0500
Re: New hard drive Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-14 13:53 -0400
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-14 13:05 -0500
Re: New hard drive Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-14 15:09 -0400
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-14 14:18 -0500
Re: New hard drive Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-09-15 10:08 +0100
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-15 05:28 -0500
Re: New hard drive Morten Reistad <first@last.name> - 2015-09-15 13:43 +0200
Re: New hard drive Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-15 16:19 +0000
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-15 13:15 -0500
Re: New hard drive Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-09-16 07:04 +0000
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-16 08:39 -0500
Re: New hard drive Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-16 14:52 +0000
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-17 15:37 -0500
Re: New hard drive scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-16 13:42 +0000
Re: New hard drive Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-09-15 15:34 -0400
Re: New hard drive Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-09-15 17:29 -0400
Re: New hard drive Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-16 22:00 +0000
Re: New hard drive Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-17 03:58 +0000
Re: New hard drive "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-17 00:43 -0500
Re: New hard drive Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-17 05:59 +0000
Re: New hard drive Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-17 11:51 +0000
Re: New hard drive hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-17 13:18 -0700
Re: New hard drive Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-09-17 19:15 -0400
Re: New hard drive "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-20 17:27 +1000
Re: New hard drive hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-17 13:13 -0700
Re: New hard drive Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-09-17 06:24 -0400
Re: New hard drive Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-17 11:51 +0000
Re: New hard drive Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-17 18:02 +0000
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-15 13:12 -0500
Re: New hard drive Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-16 22:00 +0000
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-17 19:29 -0500
Re: New hard drive "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2015-09-17 10:29 +0100
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-17 19:31 -0500
Re: New hard drive Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-15 16:19 +0000
Re: New hard drive Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-15 17:48 +0000
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-15 13:17 -0500
Re: New hard drive "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-11 09:28 -0500
Re: New hard drive scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-11 14:59 +0000
Re: New hard drive Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-09-11 11:32 -0400
Re: New hard drive Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-11 16:06 +0000
Re: New hard drive scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-11 16:06 +0000
Re: New hard drive "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-12 05:21 +1000
Re: New hard drive "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-12 05:16 +1000
Re: New hard drive "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-11 10:42 -0500
Re: New hard drive scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-11 16:09 +0000
Re: New hard drive Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-09-11 12:20 -0400
Re: New hard drive "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-12 05:18 +1000
Re: New hard drive "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-12 05:08 +1000
Re: New hard drive "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-11 14:34 -0500
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-15 05:29 -0500
Re: New hard drive terry+googleblog@tmk.com - 2015-09-11 16:05 -0700
Re: New hard drive Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-09-11 11:55 -0400
Re: New hard drive Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-09-11 14:42 -0300
Re: New hard drive Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-11 16:10 -0400
Re: New hard drive Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-09-11 15:07 -0700
Re: New hard drive sidd@situ.com (sidd) - 2015-09-12 15:34 -0400
Re: New hard drive Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-09-12 12:56 -0700
Re: New hard drive Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-09-12 13:02 -0700
Re: New hard drive "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-11 14:39 -0500
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-14 10:25 -0500
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-14 10:22 -0500
Re: New hard drive Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-14 13:49 -0400
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-14 13:07 -0500
Re: New hard drive hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-14 11:10 -0700
Re: New hard drive philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-09-14 14:45 -0500
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