I didn't even know what a hard drive was

I'd only ever used tape drives, 5-1/4 and 3-1/2 floppies. I'd never heard of a hard drive.

When I got the spec sheet for the computer options, I called my computer geek friend.

Me: Hey, do you know what a thirty emm-bee hard drive is?
Him: GET IT!
Me: What is it?
Him: YOU WANT IT!

I took him at his word and am glad I did.

In response to this post by WuhBuh-DC_Hokie

Posted: 09/25/2019 at 2:27PM

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I thought you were going to say "pocket protectors". -- PhotoHokieNC 09/25/2019 07:56AM

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Yup, that was pretty crazy -- MAHokie69 09/25/2019 10:47AM

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Heck, my car phone cost $2000. Audiovox. 1986 ** -- 48zip 09/25/2019 2:30PM

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I didn't even know what a hard drive was

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