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This is mostly aimed at those who have been around computers for a while. What piece of technology do you look at and think "Wow, that's amazing"?
For me, it has to be storage, particularly flash memory. My new phone has a 16 GB micro SD card the size of my thumbnail. 16 GB!!! And its so small, you could easily lose it and never see it again. No to mention that its cheap enough they included it with the phone. My first hard drive was only 20 MB. Even 1 GB was unthinkable back then but it really hasn't been that long.
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This is mostly aimed at those who have been around computers for a while. What piece of technology do you look at and think "Wow, that's amazing"?
Portable music (MP3, Ogg, etc.) players. Even my little Gigabeat F40 holds more music in my pocket (40GB) than I ever thought would be possible w/o a whole case of tapes or disks of some sort. It wasn't that long ago that I had to bring CD-Rs full of MP3 files to work.
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I agree with flash memory. I came across some zip drives in the thrift store the other day and smiled to myself.
I can't remember how long it's been since I've seen a floppy disk. Does anyone remember the 5&1/4?
Anyone remember HD vs DD floppies?
Yeah I remember when 100MB of removable storage was amazing. Do you remember punching a hole in 5 1/4" floppies to double their capacity? I used to do that all the time on my Commodore 64. I think the native capacity was something like 160K. I used to carry 5 1/4" boot floppies with me for the longest time because I'd still encounter an old 386 or even a 486 with the 5 1/4" drive as the A drive long after 5 1/4" disks had mostly fallen out of use.
I agree with flash memory. I came across some zip drives in the thrift store the other day and smiled to myself.
I can't remember how long it's been since I've seen a floppy disk. Does anyone remember the 5&1/4?
Anyone remember HD vs DD floppies?
We had a punch that was specifically designed to punch a square hole in 3 1/2" "floppy" disks to double their capacity.
I have an 8" floppy on my shelf. Someone was going to toss it and I grabbed it.
I still have some 5 1/4" as well. A game I wish I could run on my new computers called Crossfire is on one. I have a 5 1/4 drive, but the game runs so fast you can't play it.
I still have a box full of 3 1/2" floppies (probably 150-200 or so) if you need some. Which reminds me that I have to mail some to my brother who has a camera that stores pictures on them.
I had a IBM personal computer so I really am not amzed by much now days as it comes and goes so fast. I guess the thing that amzed me most was the first time I went in the bedroom and my wife and cat were sitting on the bed.Wife was on her cellphone and i asked waht she was doing, She and got child were tlaking formTexas to califonia and sending each other pictures instantly over their cellphones.Amazing is all I could say really.Bascailly I have gotten over wanting the latest and greatest computer items really.
Easily games which drive a lot of innovation. I think it's safe to say the average computers of today would not have the horsepower they have without them because you really don't need it otherwise for most things. I think back to the days of playing Combat on the Atari and where they have come since...
Now you have realistic environments complete with dynamic lighting, particle effects, dynamic sound.
Without a doubt, my answer is the Internet. The way the Internet has revolutionized everything dwarfs what any other technology has done.
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I used to carry 5 1/4" boot floppies with me for the longest time because I'd still encounter an old 386 or even a 486 with the 5 1/4" drive as the A drive long after 5 1/4" disks had mostly fallen out of use.
