FoxTrot by Bill Amend for February 22, 1990
February 21, 1990
February 23, 1990
Transcript:
Salesman: I would recommend adding a 40-megabyte hard disk and upgrading the ram to at least four megabytes. Andy: What's that going to cost? Salesman: Well, we like to say that you can get 44 megabytes for only one kilodollar. Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee Jason: Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee Salesman: (Sniff) Sorry. Computer jokes always kill me. Andy: Me too. Jason: Know any more?
hpinva Premium Member over 5 years ago
That’s not an exaggeration. In 1990, a 40 MB hard drive would set you back about a thousand dollars. http://www.mkomo.com/cost-per-gigabyte
Dragongirl55 almost 4 years ago
I don’t get it…
SuperCharged5- almost 4 years ago
I don’t get it
benjnavarro28 almost 2 years ago
The joke explained: kilobyte = 1000 bytes, so “kilodollar” = 1000 dollars. So 44 MB for 1 kilodollar = 44 MB for 1,000 dollars