Hey I Know, Let’s Make Memes

15 thoughts on “Hey I Know, Let’s Make Memes”

1. GiggidyGoo November 13, 2020 at 4:55 pm

   Here’s a picture of a 5MB Hard Drive from 1956 https://images.app.goo.gl/g6aNTPLDnVNGwFLC6
   1. Micko November 13, 2020 at 5:40 pm

      And now quantum computing is on the horizon.

      Amazing.
   2. Redundant Proofreaders Society November 13, 2020 at 5:59 pm

      It was probably ordered by the Irish government for their broom cupboard.
2. ReproBertie November 13, 2020 at 5:10 pm

   I remember living in Kerry in the late 1970’s (or late twentieth century as the kids are calling it these days) and being taken into the office of Kerry Co-Op to see the new computer which was a seriously big deal.
3. pooter November 13, 2020 at 5:32 pm

   There was a factory in Finglas in the mid 80’s that made disk drives for mainframe computers. I worked there as a technician.
4. Cian November 13, 2020 at 5:33 pm

   I remember my parent’s second PC that had a 20 MB¹ hard disk… and that was unbelievably big.

   ¹yes, 20 Megabytes. For the hard disk.
   1. Micko November 13, 2020 at 5:43 pm

      Sure remember when Windows 95 came on a ton of floppy disks – 13 or so I think

      Crazy.
      1. ReproBertie November 13, 2020 at 5:49 pm

         Ah the fun of installing Windows and Office onto a new PC. At least a day’s work.
5. daveo November 13, 2020 at 5:41 pm

   Bill Holohan is a great character. he lectured in the law society. keep an eye out for him.
6. bisted November 13, 2020 at 6:38 pm

   …hah…whoever thought computers could provide such nostalgia…I remember getting the first IBM Model 90…with 110MB Fixed Disk…but you had to partition it into 4…and…it came as standard with 1mb of RAM…even though DOS could only address 640k…happy days…the first thing we used do was throw away the manual…
   1. Micko November 13, 2020 at 8:27 pm

      Jeasus. Model 90! We’re all showing our age here ;)

      Can’t remember the spec of my first PC. Was a Gateway machine – 386 or a 486 I think?

      I still loved my Commodore 128 though.
7. eamonn November 13, 2020 at 8:11 pm

   then came these cheeky fellows
   https://youtu.be/D_8Pma1vHmw
8. ce November 13, 2020 at 9:40 pm

   Actually surprised there was as many as 50 in 1970
9. Tom Farrell November 13, 2020 at 9:47 pm

   Worked on an ibm360, in 1970, using Fortran and Cobol
10. Truth in the News November 13, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    What about Digital in Galway in the 70’s and all the components they used to dump that did not
    meet their in house specs.

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