30 Dec
2017
30 Dec
'17
5:43 p.m.
On Sat, 30 Dec 2017, ben via cctalk wrote:
I find I want use computers less , 5+ minutes to boot
something that then
needs to check the net. I use a all valve audio system and tubes are warmed
up and ready to go before my music app exits the splash screen.
The "modern" computer is much faster, but it takes forever and a half
before it is ready to use that speed.
Why did anybody ever need more than 64K?
And, ten times that much seemed like it oughta be enough for a long time.
The real problem back the, was the lack of REAL disk
I/O, with the high price
of 8 inch floppy drives and media.
They sure did cost a LOT.
And, I remember it being thousands of dollars for a 5 or 10 MB hard disk.