Isn't this the point at which I talk about 256K machines and walking to school in the snow uphill both ways?
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
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Ginger - May 22, 2008 2:05:00 pm PDT #6331 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
amych - May 22, 2008 2:08:41 pm PDT #6332 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
256? Such a luxury!
Sean K - May 22, 2008 2:14:26 pm PDT #6333 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, remember boggling at the 512k Macs. 512K!!!!!! Who could ever need that much computing??????
Yeah, I remember cassette drives, and even punch cards (though I never had to read or program with a punch card).
30 baud modems. 5" floppy drives. 8" floppy drives. Hard drives with plates the size of Miami. Commodore PETs. TRS-80s.
Hell, I remember being astounded by 16 colors.
vw bug - May 22, 2008 2:21:09 pm PDT #6334 of 25501
Mostly lurking...
5" floppy drives.
Hell, I still have a few of these. I think a couple of manuals I wrote are on them. Should probably see about getting those converted...
Ginger - May 22, 2008 2:33:37 pm PDT #6335 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Hell, I remember being astounded by 16 colors
You had color?
I think the most primitive thing I worked on, this side of a Royal Standard, was a typesetting machine with no screen and paper tape.
Connie Neil - May 22, 2008 2:35:10 pm PDT #6336 of 25501
brillig
Orange on black text-based monitors with a slight flicker. We had a corporate monitor-flinging party when we replaced hte last of those.
Ginger - May 22, 2008 2:36:30 pm PDT #6337 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Green on black.
Connie Neil - May 22, 2008 2:39:08 pm PDT #6338 of 25501
brillig
Also of the devil.
Sean K - May 22, 2008 2:39:37 pm PDT #6339 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I remember both orange on black and green on black. I was just saying how astounded I was at the first 16 color computers.
omnis_audis - May 22, 2008 2:40:15 pm PDT #6340 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I almost bought it. Soooo tempting. Damn you poverty!! 32 GIG! Holy cow!