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From the set of encyclopedias I'm about to give the kiddo:
Childcraft Encyclopedia, volume 7, page 342:
"Instead of shelves [like a library], a computer stores information on magnetic tape, or film, or tiny metal rings, or wires, or disks like phonograph records....
Big modern computers can store a billion pieces of information."
Guess the copyright date on these encyclopedias.
Also, a couple of stories from my "gosh-wow" file at AOL, both circa 1998:
Me: Okay, do you have two phone lines, so we can try signing on while you're on the phone?
Caller: I have THREE phone lines.
Me: Wow.
Me: Okay, let's check your system requirements-- how much RAM do you have? You need at least 32 MB.
Caller: I have a gig of RAM.
(what I wanted to say) Me: What? I couldn't hear you over the angelic choir.
...and y'all?
Childcraft Encyclopedia, volume 7, page 342:
"Instead of shelves [like a library], a computer stores information on magnetic tape, or film, or tiny metal rings, or wires, or disks like phonograph records....
Big modern computers can store a billion pieces of information."
Guess the copyright date on these encyclopedias.
Also, a couple of stories from my "gosh-wow" file at AOL, both circa 1998:
Me: Okay, do you have two phone lines, so we can try signing on while you're on the phone?
Caller: I have THREE phone lines.
Me: Wow.
Me: Okay, let's check your system requirements-- how much RAM do you have? You need at least 32 MB.
Caller: I have a gig of RAM.
(what I wanted to say) Me: What? I couldn't hear you over the angelic choir.
...and y'all?
