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[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 31 points 4 months ago (2 children)

When I bought my first PC about 1982. The seller told me that I would never live long enough to fill up the 10MB drive. I still bought the 40MB drive and it was still too small.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I remember getting a 2 GB hard drive and thinking I'll never be able to fill it up. Now I have video files more then 10 times that size

[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think you might be off by a few years at least, a 40MB drive in 1982 would've been incredibly uncommon.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Idk man.

In the 1980s 8-inch drives used with some mid-range systems increased from a low of about 30 MB in 1980, to a top-of-the-line 3 GB in 1989.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives

Seems like 30MB wasn't horribly uncommon in "mid-range systems" in 1980, so I doubt that 40MB in 1982 would've been "incredibly uncommon."

But I've no personal experience from the time.

[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Mid-range systems" is not referring to personal computers. "8-inch drives" is another clue.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

True, he did say PC, fair enough.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

It is possible that I might be slightly mistaken over something unimportant that happened 40 years ago. Yes it is possible.