One Gigabyte

spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
65,469
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Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.
 

daveymark

Lifer
Sep 15, 2003
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1
0
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.

yep then around 96 they had the 9GB "Bigfoot" that no one thought would fill up
 

shabby

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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45
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Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.

yep then around 96 they had the 9GB "Bigfoot" that no one thought would fill up

Then the internet was invented and you could finally fill it up... with stuff.
 

Newfie

Senior member
Jun 15, 2005
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Originally posted by: shabby
Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.

yep then around 96 they had the 9GB "Bigfoot" that no one thought would fill up

Then the internet was invented and you could finally fill it up... with stuff.

*shifty eyes*
 

SKORPI0

Lifer
Jan 18, 2000
18,485
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Originally posted by: Newfie
Originally posted by: shabby
Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.

yep then around 96 they had the 9GB "Bigfoot" that no one thought would fill up

Then the internet was invented and you could finally fill it up... with stuff.

*shifty eyes*

pron, lots of it..... :D

 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.

yep then around 96 they had the 9GB "Bigfoot" that no one thought would fill up

had one of those. Never bought the 'sider' for my apple //e though. Had several cigar boxes of disks though.
 

Sc4freak

Guest
Oct 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: shabby
Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.

yep then around 96 they had the 9GB "Bigfoot" that no one thought would fill up

Then the internet was invented and you could finally fill it up... with stuff.
At a blistering 14.4kbit/sec!
 

Sphexi

Diamond Member
Feb 22, 2005
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Originally posted by: SKORPI0
Originally posted by: Newfie
Originally posted by: shabby
Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's supposably around 20 years old

close, but I remember gig hard drives back in 1989. The general consensus was that they were useless because you could never fill them.

yep then around 96 they had the 9GB "Bigfoot" that no one thought would fill up

Then the internet was invented and you could finally fill it up... with stuff.

*shifty eyes*

pron, lots of it..... :D

Well, they say that war drives technology. Apparantly so does porn. The more of it there is, the more we need, therefore we need bigger harddrives.