[mythtv-users] OT: Old Linux

[Nick Morrott]

On 05/02/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
> On Feb 5, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Now, what CPU were you running. I seem to recall upgrading from a 486
> >> to a Pentium-I in 1993 (and getting one of the originals with the
> >> FDIV bug). I had to fill out some sort of form for Intel stating that
> >> I actually had a need to do floating point division in order to get
> >> the replacement. Pretty stupid huh? Like having to prove a need to
> >> type an "F" in order to get a bad keyboard replaced.
> >
> > Most likely a Cyrix 486 class proc. Couldn't afford a Pentium. :) I
> > recall RAM was about $100 a MB at the time...
>
> And for you kids out there who are saying "Gee.. that's the same
> price as today", note the "M" for Mega, not a "G" for Giga, and
> that's not a typo.

When I got my first 'real' computer in July 1993 (i486SX-25), RAM was
30GBP for a 1MB SIMM and a 130MB hard drive was 115GBP - this is from
the original advert. I remember the old gem of never quite knowing how
much memory was going to cost from week to week - from seeing the
advert to placing the order it went up 30%.

Nick
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