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bobalew

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8. I started out my computer tech career on an

Reply to erronis (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:42 PM

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HP 21MX 16 bit word with 256k of dual port RAM that doubled it's execution speed, with an octal numerical input key port on the front panel & a BASIC control store, so it ran Basic on boot up. It used a 50 Mb disk drive the size of a small washing machine, & a 10 MB iso-elastic cartridge tape drive, all tech from 1977-78 this was the era of SSI MSI, & LSI chip integration resulting in the mini computer. Then I went to work for Intel but that is another story...

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A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder [View all] usonian Sunday OP

So that's where I got my 8-trk tape from, that I found in my garage the other day! SWBTATTReg Sunday #1

It's space-grade. I am sure that your pinch rollers have turned either to dust or to stone. usonian Sunday #2

You can definitely put one of them (a thousand times more powerful) in your pocket. erronis Sunday #3

I started out my computer tech career on an bobalew Sunday #8

This is an amazing history of Voyager 1 and the incredible expertise that went into erronis Sunday #4

As cool as these critters are...... lastlib Sunday #5

You made me look it up. usonian Sunday #6

Ha! lastlib Sunday #7

oh yeah... bobalew Sunday #9