All of that is only 5MB of data in 1966

Aug 30, 2025 4:49 PM

TheRainbowegoSweet007

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InablueMule

Went to college 1979. that is what we had. Almost bought a TRS80. Went into Tool and DIe instead of computers.

6 days ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

a1b2c3Cat

I remember 1.44mb floppies coming out and my classmates saying we could never fill them. Years later autocat was 20ish floppies just to install it

6 days ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

76000BatteryLlamas

It's probably still 5mb of data today

6 days ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

itdweeb

6 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

SpammersAreScum

My favorite punched card story: A friend, just before handing over a deck for processing, said, "Hang on," took a large chunk of the cards at the back and shuffled them, then handed the whole thing over to the bewildered operator.

6 days ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

SpammersAreScum

He needed to run his program on "randomized" data, so...

6 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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6 days ago (deleted Aug 31, 2025 7:17 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

IDontCareAtAllButIShould

Extra points if you're old enough to have used one.

6 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0