Author Topic: Old PC Ads (Read 3575 times)

BobA · « **on:** July 15, 2010, 09:21:54 am »

Wow do some of these ads bring back old memories. A good laugh now.

Link to Old PC Ads

Raitsa · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2010, 09:24:08 am »

Check out http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/ for loads more old adds of... everything.

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2010, 09:37:39 am »

Kind of cute that the drive was bus powered. I wish modern drives were like that.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2010, 08:11:14 pm »

Pft. What would you ever need 10 meg for?

J_K_M_A_N · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2010, 10:41:10 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on July 15, 2010, 08:11:14 pm

Pft. What would you ever need 10 meg for?

That is what I thought when I bought my first 10 meg MFM full height drive for $109! Running DOS of course.

J_K_M_A_N

jamesjones626 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2010, 11:00:01 am »

Quote from: J_K_M_A_N on July 15, 2010, 10:41:10 pm

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on July 15, 2010, 08:11:14 pm
Pft. What would you ever need 10 meg for?

That is what I thought when I bought my first 10 meg MFM full height drive for $109! Running DOS of course.

J_K_M_A_N

i remmember when 1 gig drives came out. HOLY CRAP HOW IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP A GIG?

? then i remmember when 40 gigs came out and i was like HOLY CRAP HOW IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP 40 GIGS?

?

massive88 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2010, 11:11:07 am »

I distinctly remember getting a new computer with a 40 meg drive, and the salesman telling my dad that its more space than we will ever need. I think it was only 2 years later that DooM came out, and it was 16 megs fully installed.

Malenko · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2010, 11:22:10 am »

Quote from: jamesjones626 on July 16, 2010, 11:00:01 am

Quote from: J_K_M_A_N on July 15, 2010, 10:41:10 pm
Quote from: Ed_McCarron on July 15, 2010, 08:11:14 pm
Pft. What would you ever need 10 meg for?

That is what I thought when I bought my first 10 meg MFM full height drive for $109! Running DOS of course.

J_K_M_A_N
i remmember when 1 gig drives came out. HOLY CRAP HOW IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP A GIG?? then i remmember when 40 gigs came out and i was like HOLY CRAP HOW IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP 40 GIGS??

and now its HOLY CRAP OUT IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP 2 TERRABYTES?

jamesjones626 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2010, 12:25:34 pm »

Quote from: Malenko on July 16, 2010, 11:22:10 am

Quote from: jamesjones626 on July 16, 2010, 11:00:01 am
Quote from: J_K_M_A_N on July 15, 2010, 10:41:10 pm
Quote from: Ed_McCarron on July 15, 2010, 08:11:14 pm
Pft. What would you ever need 10 meg for?

That is what I thought when I bought my first 10 meg MFM full height drive for $109! Running DOS of course.

J_K_M_A_N
i remmember when 1 gig drives came out. HOLY CRAP HOW IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP A GIG?? then i remmember when 40 gigs came out and i was like HOLY CRAP HOW IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP 40 GIGS??
you beat me to the punch on that

and now its HOLY CRAP OUT IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP 2 TERRABYTES?

Level42 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2010, 03:54:23 pm »

My first HD was a Rodime 10MB, but because I used an interface card that used RLL encoding I got even 5 MB more !!!

It was brilliant !

This card was a regular OMTI Controller PC card but hooked up to the "SCSI" port on my Atari ST through a PCB sold by a German ST magazine.

Gotta love those days....

patrickl · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:21:39 pm »

I once found an old magazine and it had a calculator ad in it. It was not much bigger than a pack of cigarettes and it could calculate the square root of a number in less than a minute!

DillonFoulds · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2010, 05:53:10 pm »

When I get new hdds, I anticipate filling them up.

Epyx · « **Reply #12 on:** July 18, 2010, 11:15:59 pm »

C64 -> 1MB HD
Amiga -> 20MB HD
First PC (386 DX40) -> 105MB HD

Current PC...3 2TB HDs and pretty much all 6TB are filled.

protokatie · « **Reply #13 on:** July 19, 2010, 04:38:10 pm »

Quote from: Epyx on July 18, 2010, 11:15:59 pm

C64 -> 1MB HD
Amiga -> 20MB HD
First PC (386 DX40) -> 105MB HD

Current PC...3 2TB HDs and pretty much all 6TB are filled.

My Amiga 1200 still has its old 80Mb seagate or conner drive in it. I should dig that thing out and see if it still works

Regardless, I wish I still had all of my old Compute Gazette mags... But my mother threw them away when I was a teen.

jamesjones626 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 19, 2010, 08:34:10 pm »

Quote from: Epyx on July 18, 2010, 11:15:59 pm

C64 -> 1MB HD
Amiga -> 20MB HD
First PC (386 DX40) -> 105MB HD

Current PC...3 2TB HDs and pretty much all 6TB are filled.

dammit lay off the porn!

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #15 on:** July 19, 2010, 08:59:38 pm »

Quote from: protokatie on July 19, 2010, 04:38:10 pm

Regardless, I wish I still had all of my old Compute Gazette mags... But my mother threw them away when I was a teen.

Ditto. Kick myself for tossing all those BYTE magazines...

Epyx · « **Reply #16 on:** July 21, 2010, 02:02:22 am »

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dammit lay off the porn!

Lol...no although most of that is video...tv shows to be precise. I have divx versions of all my DVD tv show/movies collections on my media drives (Stargate, Doctor Who, Star Trek (all series) and much more + movies + Roms...well you get the picture!)

Quote

Regardless, I wish I still had all of my old Compute Gazette mags... But my mother threw them away when I was a teen.

I know the pain...in 2002 we moved and I threw out (still kick myself for this) all my PC Gamer Magazines (issue 1 to 2002), Computer Gaming World (Mid 80s to 2002), Computes Gazette (this really hurt) and all my British special order gaming mags (best C64/Amiga mags in the 80s were British full colour glossy goodness).

Ouch like salt in the would bringing that all up again.

Its no wonder i have pack rat tendencies...some things just aren't worth throwing out to make room...never again. Least I kept all my D&D books/modules and console/computer games from the 80s/90s!

WhereEaglesDare · « **Reply #17 on:** July 28, 2010, 10:31:13 pm »

Quote from: Epyx on July 21, 2010, 02:02:22 am

Quote
dammit lay off the porn!

Lol...no although most of that is video...tv shows to be precise. I have divx versions of all my DVD tv show/movies collections on my media drives (Stargate, Doctor Who, Star Trek (all series) and much more + movies + Roms...well you get the picture!)

Yea the Doctor Whos are 300 GB and StarGate SG1 alone is 75 GB, throw in Atlantis, Infinity, and Universe you got 500 GB just between Stargate and Doctor Who.

X FIles is 75 GB too. Might Morphin Power Rangers are huge too.

protokatie · « **Reply #18 on:** July 28, 2010, 11:50:19 pm »

The biggest single collection I have on my fileserver is MST3k at about 130GB. Wow, 300 GB for Dr Who, makes sense tho considering how many eps they have made over the decades. Luckily for me I cant stand daytime drama, as I could imagine General Hospital would prolly be a couple of TB...

Blanka · « **Reply #19 on:** July 29, 2010, 05:21:17 am »

Quote from: Malenko on July 16, 2010, 11:22:10 am

and now its HOLY CRAP OUT IN THE HELL AM I GONNA FILL UP 2 TERRABYTES?

Now it is "Holy crap, why don't they sell 10 Tb for 100$". Stupid movie capable DSLR's. I hate Canon for making this crap!


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