On 25 Aug 2009, at 16:38, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote:
> >> And what machines they had!? Had no idea at the time that they had >> Quadras >> and Centris machines that had WHOPPING 80mb DRIVES!? Who would EVER >> need >> that much storage space?? > > I still remember when I received a new computer with a 40Mb HD: Oh, my > "Gosh! I will NEVER fill it up!" I was moving from a 20Mb unit which > still > had plenty of room left! > I remember when I upgraded my Classic (40Mb, no virtual memory) to a Centris 610 (230Mb, could use VM), he very first thing I did was set the virtual memory to the maximum I could (somewhere over 200Mb). Just because I could. The "About This Mac" was pretty impressive. Pointless, but impressive. The next thing I did was reset the VM, and then proceeded to localtalk the entire Classic disk across to the Centris (was quicker than deciding what should go on floppy and what should stay), before selling the Classic. Happy days :-) Alasdair --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
