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Some nostalgia for use older computer users
Author: Matthew Smith
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313183
I remember playing curse of the azure bonds at lunch at school in the
library. Had to keep a look out for the librarians.
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Author: William Bowen
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313169
> ...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
Author: Larry C. Lyons
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313158
Scary isn't it, when your iPhone has more processing power than 20 or
30 of these things.
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Author: Cameron Childress
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313157
> My dad had breadboards and Assembler....
> and a computer the size of a warehouse
...that did less than an iPhone does today.
-Cameron
...
Author: scott stewart
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313155
My dad had breadboards and Assembler....
and a computer the size of a warehouse
Scott Stewart
ColdFusion Developer
http://www.sstwebworks.com/blog
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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.
Author: Larry C. Lyons
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313153
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.
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Author: Maureen
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313147
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.
Author: Mary Jo Sminkey
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313139
>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.
Author: Larry C. Lyons
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313118
Not me. Actually his name was Glen.
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Author: Medic
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313113
> This small mousy guy went berserk on him.
Anyone else suspect that mousy guy's name was Lawrence?
Author: Larry C. Lyons
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313111
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.
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Author: Casey Dougall
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313100
> 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
Author: Jeff Garza
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313098
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
Author: Mary Jo Sminkey
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313092
>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
Author: Maureen
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313078
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.
Author: Medic
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313074
Awesome. Totally makes me feel like I'm playing Pool of Radiance in grade 6.
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Author: Ian Skinner
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31386#313071
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.
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