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16 Sep 2018, 08:57 AM | #1 |
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The new-fangled things called "search engines"
I thought some of you might get a smile out of this. I found an article from 1998, with a run-down of some of the biggest and latest search engines:
Alta Vista Eblast Excite Go To HotBot InfoSeek Lycos Mining Co Northern Light Snap Yahoo |
16 Sep 2018, 09:49 AM | #2 |
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Some of those are still round
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21 Sep 2018, 10:33 PM | #3 |
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Only AltaVista, Lycos and Yahoo sound familiar to me. I wouldn't have a clue which ones are still active (except for Yahoo obviously) ; says a lot about how Google has a near-monopoly when it comes to search engines in most areas of the world.
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23 Sep 2018, 04:52 AM | #4 |
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I especially like the title ... crazy how fast technologies are developing
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23 Sep 2018, 06:51 AM | #5 |
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That said, many people on this forum have known the days when 4 MB inboxes were considered big... That sounds like talking about the mediëval times probably to the new generation of internet users! |
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25 Sep 2018, 08:34 AM | #7 |
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Away from email a bit, computers in general: I remember my dad telling me about 4k memory 'chips' he repaired. By wrapping wire around a core stick..
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory I used computers which made use of core memory in the 1970’s and also managed technicians repairing systems containing such memory. The actual repair of the core memory planes themselves (the cores and associated wiring) was a specialized job which required training, a steady hand, a microscope, and special tools. By the mid-1970’s the price and performance of semiconductor memory (static TTL RAM and dynamic MOS RAM) replaced magnetic core memory for new projects. The early MOS dynamic RAM chips contained only 1,024 memory bits. So 1 M bytes of such memory would have required 8,000 of those IC’s! A minor breakthrough happened when the MOSTEK 4116 dynamic memory chips were introduced with 16 k bits of memory. http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/augarten/p50.htm Bill |
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26 Sep 2018, 09:02 PM | #10 |
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Do you guys also feel old when the younger generation realizes those saving symbols actually used to exist?
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