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To: Doren who wrote (136307)	6/27/2012 3:00:19 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213176

My first computer had 230 MB... Wow, what a MONSTER! Mine had 30 MB. (Cost me $2K when money was much more dear). The original PS/1, based on a 10 MHz Intel 80286 CPU, was designed to be easy to set up and use. It featured 1 MB of memory, built-in modem, an optional 30 MB hard disk. IBM also released a 5.25" disk drive unit and an Adapter Card Unit (ACU) to install third-party expansion cards. Some of the lower end PS/1 models suffered from very limited expansion capabilities, since they lacked standard ISA expansion slots. en.wikipedia.org

To: Doren who wrote (136307)	6/27/2012 4:13:58 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Respond to of 213176

My thought is to keep stuff I need day to day on the computer and have an external 1 or 2 TB portable drive for archiving. Then if I really need all my stuff, I just take the external drive with the laptop. It's portable so no power supply needed, although it is something to help drain laptop battery. Sure it would be nicer to have everything at once on the computer, but we're talking solid state drive and those things are expensive. EZ Drive (Syquest): Never had a cartridge go bad. OMG, you are either blessed or eat a lot of garlic or carry around appropriate religious symbols or never got rid rid of that sliver bullet and stake in your pocket. I reminded my friend - who has a big (really big) smile - that it was good practice to back up his project, which he was working on for several years (on various computers, last one on the Syquest) , the day before the Syquest drive literally ate the removable disk. Compared to Syquest, Iomega drives were much more reliable (even with click click - click click). Fortunately he took my advice and went on smiling.