Casper Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Damn that made me feel old. http://superuser.com/questions/231273/what-are-the-windows-a-and-b-drives-used-for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdubyah Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 What's that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meanie Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 yep feel old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 If your Pop splurged on the IBM PC, you had A:\ <AND> B:\, so you could load IBM DOS 1.0 (1.1?) in A:\ and didn't have to remove the disk to put in your Visicalc disk.Imagine, an OS that loaded in 640K of RAM. Oh, and programs that loaded from 360K disks. You didn't install programs to the hard drive back then, as there were no commercially available hard drives for home users.Yup, I is old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 I used those disks when I was little on my Commodore 64. Load "*" .....blah, blah...Oregon Trail, Tapper, and Shinobi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 What the fuck are those square things? lmao. WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 If your Pop splurged on the IBM PC, you had A:\ <AND> B:\, so you could load IBM DOS 1.0 (1.1?) in A:\ and didn't have to remove the disk to put in your Visicalc disk.Imagine, an OS that loaded in 640K of RAM. Oh, and programs that loaded from 360K disks. You didn't install programs to the hard drive back then, as there were no commercially available hard drives for home users.Yup, I is old.My first computer was a Commodore64. I had the tape drive option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSB67 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 I had an Atari 800XL that eventually got a tape drive, and finally a 5.25" disk drive later.P.S. My greatest computer programming accomplishment is writing a BASIC program that was too large to load back into the Atari's 64K memory. I had hoped to upgrade eventually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 I want to 'second' all the people that feel old. I felt old just reading the title. Some of these are a stretch, but...30 Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never KnowThere's also a youtube floating around where they gave 3rd graders in France (I think) some 'old tech' and asked them what it did... 8-tracks, record players,etc. It's sad(because it makes me feel old) to watch them have NO clue what all that stuff really did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Some of these are a stretch, but...30 Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never KnowI'm guessing 2010 babies will never too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 hahaha yep, Im old.. I used all of those. I remember when the 3.5" came out it was Amazing because you no longer had to worry about touching the actual media like you did with the 8" and 5.25" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 In a box somehwere, I have the Windows 95 installation on 20 or so floppy disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 man! I miss A: and B: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 In a box somehwere, I have the Windows 95 installation on 20 or so floppy disks.25, iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 lol i love this one "Yellow and White Pages: Why in the world would you need a 10-pound book just to find someone?"my girls dad is always looking up numbers in the phone book when the computer is right next to him sitting on googles home page....it amazes me every time....i cant even tell you the last time i touched a phone book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTM Brian Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 My first computer was a Texas Instruments T99-4AI had a data cassette tape recorder that I used to load games in which I programmed on the computer.Talk about old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 please insert disk 13OH GOD WHERE DID DISK 13 GO!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 My first computer was a Texas Instruments T99-4AI had a data cassette tape recorder that I used to load games in which I programmed on the computer.Talk about old.i had one of those too. it plugged into the TV with an RF adapter lol. i had a book with games you could program in BASIC too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 I feel this thread is a fitting place for this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 My first computer was a Texas Instruments T99-4AI had a data cassette tape recorder that I used to load games in which I programmed on the computer.Talk about old.Oh yeah! The old tape deck on the TI! We had a few games on cartridge, too.I still have a floppy drive or 2 around. I can't remember the last time I used one of them, though. 640k is all the ram anyone should ever need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) Real men loaded the OS from tape like it's supposed to be done.Remember running memmaker to squeeze a few extra k out of your machine?Feeling old enough yet?I know I am, found these within 5 feet of my pc Edited January 12, 2011 by Strictly Street Added real floppy discs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Remember running memmaker to squeeze a few extra k out of your machine?QEMM FTW! MS-DOS 6.22 was my bitch back in the day! I kind of miss having to do serious work from the command prompt, since Windows 3.11 couldn't handle what would need accomplished! Oh, Doom, Doom2 and Heretic, all after Wolfenstein 3D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jst2fst Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 I want to 'second' all the people that feel old. I felt old just reading the title. Some of these are a stretch, but...30 Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never KnowThere's also a youtube floating around where they gave 3rd graders in France (I think) some 'old tech' and asked them what it did... 8-tracks, record players,etc. It's sad(because it makes me feel old) to watch them have NO clue what all that stuff really did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 18mb that's like one short song now today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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