Forum Discussion

epark's avatar
epark
Everpure
16 hours ago

Old Tech Tuesday: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait.

Remember when technology made you wait?

"Be kind, rewind, "Rewinding a VHS before returning it to blockbuster. Making TWO trips to get photos to be developed. Waiting for your song to come on the radio or music video on MTV.

 

What's the wait you used to put up with that's now gone forever? 

 

 

1 Reply

  • Ludes's avatar
    Ludes
    Community Manager

    The first IBM PC had 2 5 1/4 floppy drives that were required to boot the computer and load any programs you wanted to run.  The full system boot from the a: drive usually took 2-3 minutes and THEN you had to load and run the game or word processing program you wanted to run from the b: drive so another 2-3 minutes.  Pretty crazy given how apps are just at our fingertips now and systems boot everything directly from HDD.