Sunday, March 30, 2008

Storage in those days

When I started working and little bit earlier also, floppies was something that impressed me. Data was stored on it. And not everyone used to carry a floppy. Imagine a PC (not XT), those days. I used to train students in DOS/LOTUS/WORDSTAR. The class used to wait in the labs in the front of the PC. When I gave them the floppies is only when the lab would start.

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This is the 8 inch diskette, though never used on the PC. the PC's used the 5.25 inch diskette and later 3.5 inch diskettes shown below.
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Pictures taken from www.tonh.net/museum/3flopsizes.html

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Modes of Transport : History

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Luna TFR Plus. During my school days, my friend Pankaj had one. He was the first to graduate from a cycle to a Luna.
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My friend Joseph had a Bajaj Chetak. That was the second vehicle that I drove.
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Bajaj Super was the first vehicle my brother had purchased.
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I had a friend we used to call him "kaka" (uncle). He had a Lamby and we used to ride 5 friends on it.
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Later one of our friend bought a TVS 50. I remember we used to run and jump and sit on it.
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This was my first motor cycle I rode. I have never purchased a two wheeler in my life. Hero Honda CD 100. My brother owns one.
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Rajdoot. Any key could start it. Even a decent nail could start it. It was so simple those days.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Monday, March 10, 2008

Baba Ramdevji

These are pictures of Baba Ramdevji from Ramdeora, Rajasthan. (There is another famous Baba Ramdev, the Yoga teacher). Baba Ramdeoji has been my family deity for so many years. Here are some photos. (Source Net)

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Friday, March 07, 2008

Har Har Mahadev - Maha Shivratri

First photo, thanks to Gopal. Other photos, thanks internet.

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Monday, March 03, 2008

Swami Vivekananda

Of all the saints, Swami Vivekananda inspires me.

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Inspiring, Right?