Kinda blows my mind..
I saw a bargain deal today that reminded me of Moore’s Law, and how much things have changed since I first started working with “personal computers” (and hard drives were 4 Gigabytes..)
A quality 32 Gigabyte ‘smart’ thumb drive (aka “memory stick”, aka “flash drive”) for $12. (And I’m not talking 1990’s dollars, either, but today’s, basically valueless dollar.)
Of course, it’s not just the cost-per-Gigabyte I’m impressed by.. but some may remember buying devices called “Zip drives” so we could have a whopping 100 Megabytes of ‘portable storage..
Blast from the past…
Oh. If you’re interested in the thumb drive deal, click here. [Note: Offer expired. Now it’s $16.]
Today’s quote: “Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked” ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Copyright 2007-2014 © “Tech Paul” (Paul Eckstrom). All Rights Reserved.
>> Folks, don’t miss an article! To get Tech – for Everyone articles delivered to your e-mail Inbox, click here, or to subscribe in your RSS reader, click here. <<
All we really have, in the end, are our stories.
Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
And please, never forget – one person can make a difference.
Find a way to make someone’s day today.
(Best advice I ever heard? Don’t sweat the small stuff.)
5 Comments »
Post your Comment/Question
• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
Note: You are responsible for using this blog and its content. I am in no way liable for any losses caused by user error, viruses and/or other malware, hardware or software failure, or any other conceivable reason.
-
Say "thank you!" Buy Tech Paul a cup of coffee (and keep T4E ad free).
-
-
McAfee® Cybersafety Resource Portal, an online help center designed to assist victims of computer crime and provide information on how to avoid becoming a victim.
-
Subscribe to Tech--for Everyone by EmailRecent Comments
-
-
-
-
Also:
-
-
Tech - for Everyone 
Zip Drive…I not only remember Zip Drives…I still have my zip drive that came with my computer Windows Me…(still have that too,) “ha” I value the stuff I have stored on the drive …wishing I could transfer it to my current system. Yes, thumb drives work better… but guess there’s no end to the loss and waste of the tech products. Oh Well!!!
LikeLike
Gaia,
Well… if the Zip drive was attached via USB, you may be able to find device drivers for it still.. and get the files off of it.
And if the Me machine still boots, and has USB ports, you might be able to transfer the files on the Zip drive to a thumb drive..
LikeLike
Thanks Paul, Encouraging! I will take a look at it all to see what exactly I have.
LikeLike
I had two for Win98. Luckily, got everything off before they went belly up.
LikeLike
delenn13,
I recently “pulled off” some old (“important”) files for a client, from a very old machine (circa Win95/98).
Once I did the recovery I saw that the files were Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect 4.2 format… what’s going to open those?
Point being, we have to not only keep our machines up-to-date, but or software, and our formats (as I’m sure you know).
* Which reminds me of another story: for those who have their “important” files backed up on CD’s/DVD’s. Those discs can/will ‘age out’ too, and become unreadable. I would not trust a disc for more than 5 years. “External” hard drives are so cheap these days, I advise all my clients to backup (“copy”) all their important files to one of those. (And if those files are “mission critical” or “business vital”, to make another copy onto another external hard drive, and store that second hard drive “offsite” (like a safe deposit box).)
LikeLike