[SOC] Hi

[David (G3ZPF)]

I remember when I got my Apple2 system back in 1975 (it cost as much as 
a small car back then) and had 48kB of RAM.

My friends thought 48kB was grossly excessive "who will ever need that 
much RAM".

Full height floppy drives at £450 each. Pack of 10 floppies (which held 
200kB each) was £35.

Multiply by 3 to get todays equivalent prices.

Ahhhh, the 'good' old days :-p

Currently running a totally air-cooled i7 system, with M2 drives and 
16GB RAM that I built about a year back. No fans or moving parts.

Totally silent. Kinda spooky at first. Boots from cold in a few seconds. 
Cost only half what my Apple system did in 1975 prices.

David   G3ZPF
RAOTA # 1281
FISTS # 355
SOC   # 1267
ISWL  # 21298



On 21/05/2020 02:52, Ron KU7Y wrote:
> 4K of memory and part of that was used by the OS.
> 
> Ah, those were the days.... I still remember using the cassette tape with no
> counter for storage!
> 
> OK, back in my hole,
> 
> Ron, KU7Y
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