Progress in computer hardware and software is often a leap-frog process, and this affects how users can do things.
In the early 1980s, IBM R&D provided me a model 1 Personal Computer (actually the 5150), which came with a mere 64Kb RAM and two 360Kb floppy drives, plus IBM/MS DOS 1.0. Looking back, that was pretty [...]
As I have written elsewhere, there are numerous programs for compressing data into archive files, with option of password. Personal computer users are often familiar with ZIP, RAR, and other file types. Archives save space, but also can keep related files together.
Some programs can mount such archives so that they behave as virtual disks. An [...]
I got my first IBM Personal Computer model PC-1 (actually the 5150) in 1982 while I was in IBM R&D. It was to serve both as a low power computer and as a data terminal by means of a cable adapter. It came with the minimal 64Kb of RAM, so I immediately had to order [...]
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