Word: disks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Early Macintosh owners also know the problems of obsolescence. 400k disk drives, 128k memory, SCSI-less computers... All remnants of the older, first-generation Macs. Computer buyers can't even purchase a Mac with less than 512k these days (k stands for kilobytes, or thousand characters, of storage memory...
Apple Computer has recently introduced new Macs with enhanced ROMs (read only memory, or computer chips that take care of basic system functions), extra storage memory and larger capacity internal disk drives. There is also the Mac Plus, with its expanded memory capabilities and SCSI port (pronounced scuzzy, sexy, sushi depending on how it's acting at the time). Actually, the SCSI stands for Small Computer Standard Interface, and is a system for hooking up extra devices such as hard disk drives...
...inured as the public is to football injuries, the ruptured disk of Quarterback Joe Montana, 30, brought a chill to the young season. "I think the surgery will relieve the acute pain Joe is in and allow him to live comfortably," said Dr. Michael Dillingham, a team physician. "I also think he will be able to play again, but I'm not sure of that." The disk was removed from Montana's lower back last week; he was quickly up and said to be optimistic. But he is lost to the San Francisco 49ers for this year at least...
...Kingdom!" In addition, he belongs to the charismatic strand of Evangelicalism that discomfits even some fellow Evangelicals. In the TV studio, Robertson has prayed openly for healings and miracles, calling on the power of God to cure maladies in his audience as diverse as cancer and a slipped disk. He has written openly of his experiences in speaking in tongues, prophecy and miracles. His autobiographies recount detailed conversations he has had with God, along with tales of people physically struggling with demons...
...uses one of 3,000 standard abbreviations to represent a familiar word or phrase. For example, W stands for "with," KR for "consider." These abbreviations are printed on narrow strips of self-folding paper. In CAT systems, the keystrokes are also recorded electronically on a tape or magnetic disk, then fed into a computer that expands the stenographic shorthand into English and prints out a transcript that needs only minor editing...