Some nostalgia for use older computer users

Who can remember when the state-of-the-art home computer had 8-bit color. http://8bitnyc.com/ Accurate map of NYC done with only 8 bits.

Awesome. Totally makes me feel like I'm playing Pool of Radiance in grade 6. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

I remember playing curse of the azure bonds at lunch at school in the library.  Had to keep a look out for the librarians. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

I don't color had been invented when I started using computers. :-/ But that is very cool. > > Who can remember when the state-of-the-art home computer had 8-bit color. > > http://8bitnyc.com/ > > Accurate map of NYC done with only 8 bits.

>Who can remember when the state-of-the-art home computer had 8-bit color. > Of course, then there are those that remember when the state-of-the-art system didn't even *have* color! LOL

Green is a color isn't it?  Loved the green screens... >Who can remember when the state-of-the-art home computer had 8-bit color. > Of course, then there are those that remember when the state-of-the-art system didn't even *have* color! LOL

> Green is a color isn't it?  Loved the green screens... > > My mom use to bring this thing home when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Talk about your green screen and portable to boot LOL Compaq Portable *Introduced:*November 1982 *Released:*March 1983 *Price:*US$3590 (two floppy system) *How many?* 53,000 in 1983, the first year *Weight:*28 pounds. *CPU:*Intel 8088, 4.77MHz *RAM:*128K, 640K max *Display:*9" monochrome monitor built-in 80 X 25 text Color graphic card *Storage:*Two 320K 5-1/4" disk drives *Ports:*1 parallel (expansion card) *OS:*MS-DOS

Hey the first computer I learned didn't even have a Monitor, just punch cards. I still remember the time when the school bully who masqueraded as the football team's quarterback got his ass thoroughly thrashed was when he deliberately knocked one person's stack of punchcards all over the place. This small mousy guy went berserk on him. It took 3 people to haul him off the jerk. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

> This small mousy guy went berserk on him. Anyone else suspect that mousy guy's name was Lawrence?

Not me. Actually his name was Glen. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

>Hey the first computer I learned didn't even have a Monitor, just punch cards. Yeah, I didn't have experience with those, but my Dad did. I did get to play with some of the first home (and prototype home computers) made because of his job. It was pretty cool. I still remember being fascinated with the first computer he brought home that actually had a game on it - you had to get this mouse through a maze while a cat was chasing you and all you had to use was a left and right arrow key....but they were relative to the mouse's direction, kind of like flying a remote-control airplane. At the higher levels, one mistake at the cat would get you. It wasn't even as "sophisticated" as Pac Man, but I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Ah, those were simpler days.

You had punch cards.  All I had was vacuum tubes. ;-) > > Hey the first computer I learned didn't even have a Monitor, just punch cards.

Actually my first job in psychology was in my second year as an undergrad lab assistant for this behavioral neuropharmacology lab. I was running a series of conditioning studies using some very antiquated equipment. You programmed the reinforcement schedules on the computer that controlled these Skinner Boxes using patch cords. We had diagrams on the walls of the lab showing the positions of each sort of schedule. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

My dad had breadboards and Assembler.... and a computer the size of a warehouse  Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer http://www.sstwebworks.com/blog ________________________________ From: Maureen <mamamaureen@gmail.com> To: cf-community <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 12:53:59 PM Subject: Re: Some nostalgia for use older computer users You had punch cards.  All I had was vacuum tubes. ;-) > > Hey the first computer I learned didn't even have a Monitor, just punch cards.

> My dad had breadboards and Assembler.... > and a computer the size of a warehouse ...that did less than an iPhone does today. -Cameron ...

> ...that did less than an iPhone does today. That did less than a $2 calculator does today... :-) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher

Scary isn't it, when your iPhone has more processing power than 20 or 30 of these things. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----