# 1gb, then and now **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 24, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899 "2007-09-24T18:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/1 "2007-09-24T18:17:53Z")
[http://www.techamok.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5821](http://www.techamok.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5821) wow, how technology evolves ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/2 "2007-09-26T06:24:11Z")
i remember my first computer that was the fastest at the time like 15 years ago. had like 32meg of ram and a 1 gb hard drive and it was huge!! also remember installing office off of 32 floppy discs ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/3 "2007-09-26T06:33:35Z")
now ![https://www.handit.de/_gif/bilder/Sandisk_1GB-microSD_b240.gif](https://www.handit.de/_gif/bilder/Sandisk_1GB-microSD_b240.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/4 "2007-09-26T06:36:50Z")
Pretty spiffy, is it bad that I remember the crossover point where $1 = 1MB was a HUGE deal. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/5 "2007-09-26T06:37:08Z")
lol, tell me about it. U were a lucky guy… I had to deal with my 80286 for quite a while before I finally got something “decent” I miss the old days of computers… DOS rocked. I loved making funny little batch files/scripts and adding them to our schools autoexec.bat just to fuck with them (the teachers were barely able to turn one on, let alone use one) edit: speaking of small storage… anyone remember the movie Johnny Mnemonic? He got like 3/4 of his brain removed so he could get 1GB of storage in there or something like that? :lol: ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/6 "2007-09-26T06:39:14Z")
![http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/06/28/sandisk_8gb_microsd.jpg](http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/06/28/sandisk_8gb_microsd.jpg) I had a 1gb HD laying around that still worked… Too bad i broke it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/7 "2007-09-26T06:40:42Z")
DOS memory management is like points on older cars. Everyone forgets how much of a pain in the ass it is. That said it was quite fun screwing with people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/8 "2007-09-26T06:54:57Z")
lol no shit… EMS/XMS … ughhhhh that shit was a real pita trying to configure it correctly. I remember throwing the keyboard across the room after trying to run, doom…, I think… and even though I had the memory, it would give some kind of error saying that there wasn’t enough certainly don’t miss that lol ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/9 "2007-09-26T07:16:29Z")
DOS and QBASIC FTW! Gorilla Wars was the shit in DOS ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/10 "2007-09-26T07:19:28Z")
that was a qbasic game wasn’t it? lol still have the QBasic by example book laying around somewhere (got it for xmas around the age of 13 or so). God I was a nerd ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1gb-then-and-now/35899/11 "2007-09-26T07:25:26Z")
Haha yea. Also had some type of olympics game too I remember. [http://telcontar.net/Misc/Gorillas/](http://telcontar.net/Misc/Gorillas/)