You could still write software for AS400's to get that "green screen" fill!! :) On Dec 11, 2007 11:40 PM, wrote: > > Y'know, as I sit here looking at a 24" monitor that cost the equivalent > of 20 hours' salary, next to a computer with more memory than existed > in the world in 1965, I have to say, in a way, I long for the days when > technology was huge, ominous, and limited to the highly trained elite. > > I wish I wasn't writing PHP for web users to see pretty pictures, but > rather C that generated bland text on green screens. > > I was born 25 years too late. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Jarvis > To: plug > Sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 6:39 pm > Subject: (semi OT) For those that remember (and those that don't) > > > > > > > > > > > Found on slashdot: > > Hardware: The 305 RAMAC — First Commercial Hard Drive > Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @03:15PM > from the looking-back-for-perspective dept. > Data Storage > Captain DaFt writes "Snopes.com has an article that gives an > interesting > look back at the first commercial hard drive, the IBM 350. Twice as big > as a refrigerator and weighing in at a ton, it packed a whopping 4.4MB! > Compare that to the 1-4GB sticks that most of us have on our keychains > today." > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://webmail.aol.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss