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Technology from the 80s

By rai

8 years ago


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    #22 8 years ago
     
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    Loved my Vic 20, came with standard 5Kb of which 1.5 Kb was used by video. The Tape drive was nearly the same price as the Vic 20, without it, the Vic 20 was not much fun. When the C64 came out, we could not see why you would need so much memory, how wrong were we….
    How about magnet core memory, this type of memory was used by NASA into the 1980’s. I read somewhere that was able to withstand impact, therefor recoverable after incidents. That’s why it was used for so long. Cool stuff, tell the kids of today and they wouldn’t believe you.

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    #26 8 years ago
     
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    And today I play with my Arduino Mega, similar technology as the Vic 20....
    8bit processor, a bit faster and better coms, but otherwise!

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    #34 8 years ago
     
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    Quoted from o-din:

    I still marvel at some of this older technology.

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    And the sheep says "Barrr", think we still have one somewhere.

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