Couldn't surf the internet from that thing. The Internet was 15 years away when that little item was released.
And at best at the time, you would have a 300 baud acoustical modem like this:
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And at best at the time, you would have a 300 baud acoustical modem like this:
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the system didn't look too bad considering the other systems released around that time....
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/year.asp?st=1&y=1980
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/year.asp?st=1&y=1980
That was the computer I got when I was 20. I'm not that crumbly yet.Gawd you guys. My first computer was a Commodore 64. I didn't get a PC until I was 20, and the internet was unheard of back then.
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Gawd you guys. My first computer was a Commodore 64. I didn't get a PC until I was 20, and the internet was unheard of back then.
A commodore lass, eh!??
I was a Spectrum person - a friend had the ZX81, but we went posh and had the Spectrum 48K the year it came out. Wikipedia tells me that was 1982.
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A child of the 70s, eh?
I was 7 in 1982 - so yes!
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probably right - my earlier memories are of music, tv and fashion of the 80's rather than 70's.
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So you're 1 year younger than my oldest brother.
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Ha ha, visited my old workplace and it's total fornicating chaos over there because two out of four of the people who were as experienced as me have also quit.
This would be in the raves thread if my other old colleagues weren't so stressed.
The bosses will probably lose more money than if they had just given us a raise and/or hired more people.
Fools !
This would be in the raves thread if my other old colleagues weren't so stressed.
The bosses will probably lose more money than if they had just given us a raise and/or hired more people.
Fools !
My first computer was an Amiga 500. It had no tower (I used an external disk drive), and no way to go online.
I remember a friend asking me in bafflement, "But how do you save anything?".
I told her it was like a VCR: I saved stuff on disks. Lots and lots of disks.
I still have most of that stuff, although for some reason the movers stole the monitor. I've got the computer itself, so if I had the rest of it, I could play Zany Golf (I really miss that game).
I remember a friend asking me in bafflement, "But how do you save anything?".
I told her it was like a VCR: I saved stuff on disks. Lots and lots of disks.
I still have most of that stuff, although for some reason the movers stole the monitor. I've got the computer itself, so if I had the rest of it, I could play Zany Golf (I really miss that game).
Yep. I had the disk drive that was slow as molasses, and the monitor and everything. Great for games and fiddling around with programming, but not much else. A couple of years later I bought the PC for school and I had an old daisywheel printer to do my reports on. That thing was loud, and slow. I don't miss those days.A commodore lass, eh!??
I was a Spectrum person - a friend had the ZX81, but we went posh and had the Spectrum 48K the year it came out. Wikipedia tells me that was 1982.
And yes, Arakhor, I am also a child of the 70's.
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How is it that my weather thingy on my smarphone tells me almost every day that there's a 50+ probability that it will rain, but it hasn't rained here in weeks ?
And yes, Arakhor, I am also a child of the 70's.
And there I was thinking that you were in the sweet, sweet flower of youth.
Please, Arakhor, Lemon's over 40 35 so let's not get into such dangerous territory.
It's just probability, not certainty.
Spring chickens.
But you're not a woman.I'm over 35 myself, you know.
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