Comments on: I will start to feel old when… http://www.liquideggproduct.com/i-will-start-to-feel-old-when/ The Shawn Bradley of Weblogs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:56:31 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: tacticus maximus http://www.liquideggproduct.com/i-will-start-to-feel-old-when/comment-page-1/#comment-8919 tacticus maximus Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:13:00 +0000 http://www.liquideggproduct.com/?p=1668#comment-8919 Hmmm...and why isn't it that A:, B:, C:, and D: are reserved? After all the "Technical Reference Personal Computer XT First Edition (January 1983)" says on page 1-107: "thus, the 5-1/4 inch diskette drive adapter can attach four 5-1/4 inch drives...". And four drives were supported by the BIOS. See Appendix A - ROM BIOS Listings at line 2314, page A-34: ; (DL) - Drive Number (0-3 ALLOWED, VALUE CHECKED) I think the answer may have something to do with the following from page 1-131: "The system unit has space and power for one or two 5-1/4 inch diskette drives." "Space and power." Sounds philosophical. Cool. But floppies were so much better than paper tape and punch cards. But, I don't want to get all nostalgic.... :) Hmmm…and why isn’t it that A:, B:, C:, and D: are reserved?

After all the “Technical Reference Personal Computer XT First Edition (January 1983)” says on page 1-107:
“thus, the 5-1/4 inch diskette drive adapter can attach four 5-1/4 inch drives…”.

And four drives were supported by the BIOS. See Appendix A – ROM BIOS Listings at line 2314, page A-34:
; (DL) – Drive Number (0-3 ALLOWED, VALUE CHECKED)

I think the answer may have something to do with the following from page 1-131:
“The system unit has space and power for one or two 5-1/4 inch diskette drives.”

“Space and power.” Sounds philosophical. Cool.

But floppies were so much better than paper tape and punch cards. But, I don’t want to get all nostalgic…. :)

]]> By: Donnie http://www.liquideggproduct.com/i-will-start-to-feel-old-when/comment-page-1/#comment-8898 Donnie Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:27:41 +0000 http://www.liquideggproduct.com/?p=1668#comment-8898 @Blunderprone: 5 1/4 floppies...they've been useless for so long, it's now cool to have one! @Annie: Ah, yea, the Zip drive. Having 100MB was so amazing...never splurged for the 250 version (which was good, 'cause it went downhill quickly after that). @Blunderprone: 5 1/4 floppies…they’ve been useless for so long, it’s now cool to have one!

@Annie: Ah, yea, the Zip drive. Having 100MB was so amazing…never splurged for the 250 version (which was good, ’cause it went downhill quickly after that).

]]> By: annie http://www.liquideggproduct.com/i-will-start-to-feel-old-when/comment-page-1/#comment-8895 annie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:32:19 +0000 http://www.liquideggproduct.com/?p=1668#comment-8895 wow... a:... i remember forgetting to put a disc in and it made that funny buzzing noise. we thought we were so cool running around college with those hard floppies, and then in senior year, the zip discs. but I think I'll really start to feel old when kids ask me "what's a floppy" wow… a:… i remember forgetting to put a disc in and it made that funny buzzing noise. we thought we were so cool running around college with those hard floppies, and then in senior year, the zip discs. but I think I’ll really start to feel old when kids ask me “what’s a floppy”

]]> By: Blunderprone http://www.liquideggproduct.com/i-will-start-to-feel-old-when/comment-page-1/#comment-8893 Blunderprone Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:36:46 +0000 http://www.liquideggproduct.com/?p=1668#comment-8893 Why I remember 5 1/4 inch floppies and a hard drive was considered HUGE with 340MB of storage. Life was simpler back then in the days of '286 I tell you! Dialing into a BBS was all the rage. It was bliss. Hours would go by while you shared useless information in some chat room running Internet relay Chat and no one would call your land line because you were tying it. ChessMaster 1000 was in 2 colors, Black AND white... and WE liked it! Why I remember 5 1/4 inch floppies and a hard drive was considered HUGE with 340MB of storage. Life was simpler back then in the days of ’286 I tell you! Dialing into a BBS was all the rage. It was bliss. Hours would go by while you shared useless information in some chat room running Internet relay Chat and no one would call your land line because you were tying it. ChessMaster 1000 was in 2 colors, Black AND white… and WE liked it!

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