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 Mole Level: 43 Posts: 138/366 EXP: 554829 Next: 10217 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
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Do any of you remember a time when computers were... such simple devices? Things like DRM, Spyware and Addware were not invented?
Where there was little or no GUI? Well I have found A Link to that past. 
Discuss... ____________________  |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1194/1881 EXP: 6463493 Next: 187171 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6149 days Last view: 6139 days |
I remember when computers only had 64K of RAM, 5-inch floppy drives (the disks were actually floppy!) which took a couple of minutes to load only a few kilobytes, and were directly programmable in Basic, with line numbers.
Yeah, I was born in 1987 and not 1962, but my parents kept old computers around and I used them at a very young age... |
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beh Level: 86 Posts: 1221/1816 EXP: 6131136 Next: 10971 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6148 days Last view: 6148 days |
Does anyone actually remember "Don't Copy That Floppy"? |
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 Red Paratroopa Level: 30 Posts: 23/162 EXP: 163173 Next: 2696 Since: 03-07-07 From: Chicago Last post: 3521 days Last view: 1616 days |
Only "Remember" it from 2002 or so when it spread over the intertubes. ____________________ |
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Hats Steam Board2 group Level: 121 Posts: 582/3965 EXP: 19783097 Next: 273599 Since: 02-19-07 From: Sweden, Skåne Last post: 3304 days Last view: 2055 days |
Mmm, I remember when we weren't allowed to take floppies from home due to the paranoia of viruses. Ironically, nowadays use floppies today as they're way too ancient compared with most average computer hardware for today.
I started using the multimedia craze though, so my first computer was a typical multimedia computer 486 computer back then when Compaq was actually a good and reliable brand. ____________________ AIM: gamefreak1337, MSN: Emil_sim@spray.se, XMPP: ailure@xmpp.kafuka.org
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 Panser Level: 42 Posts: 43/348 EXP: 512959 Next: 8403 Since: 03-26-07 Last post: 4163 days Last view: 2114 days |
I had direct access to old computers from day one all the way until mid-2002. Largely because of having relatives who worked at a recycling center.
Then, well, I'd rather not go there. Anyway. I now have to re-obtain any old computer I still could find a use for. Um, 1987? Hmm. I thought I was the only one here who... ____________________  |
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Red Paratroopa Level: 31 Posts: 67/174 EXP: 181611 Next: 3752 Since: 03-09-07 Last post: 6022 days Last view: 3224 days |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1196/1881 EXP: 6463493 Next: 187171 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6149 days Last view: 6139 days |
Posted by Ailure Compaq was reliable? Every Compaq computer I have ever used was a piece of fecal matter that ran extremely slowly, especially at startup. |
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 Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 194/251 EXP: 315099 Next: 23154 Since: 02-19-07 From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada Last post: 6182 days Last view: 1815 days |
Flurry #&postrank& I remember on my old Macintosh (1992), I had an antivirus but it supported about a dozen different viruses, which were all listed in the About box ... now any modern one (at least for Windows) just has so many thousands of them to care about 
Or when 640x480 was considered a high resolution, and 16bit color was a lot of colors, and floppies could fit a decent amount of stuff, and the Internet was small ... That's mostly the early 1990's though, but I didn't really get the chance to use a computer by then  ____________________ |
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Level: 75 Posts: 901/1301 EXP: 3718181 Next: 108723 Since: 02-19-07 From: Canada |
I remember my Commodore 64.
Good times... |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1205/1881 EXP: 6463493 Next: 187171 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6149 days Last view: 6139 days |
Yeah...there's something missing in new computers, even though new computers are awesome (can't live without the Internet, printers that don't suck, multitasking, GUIs, or decent graphics). Still, it was nice when you could just enter code into the computer and have it run immediately. Computer magazines would even have programs you could type in. |
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beh Level: 86 Posts: 1234/1816 EXP: 6131136 Next: 10971 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6148 days Last view: 6148 days |
I remember making programs on the Apple II in elementary school  |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1207/1881 EXP: 6463493 Next: 187171 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6149 days Last view: 6139 days |
I actually thought Apple computers were a special type of computer used only in schools. We had a computer long before anyone else we knew and my dad was into Commodores and IBM compatibles only, and every school I went to used nothing but Apples. I thought it was like the apple logos you see on some school district signs and such, or like giving apples to teachers (who actually does that anymore?), so I figured the name was appropriate. |
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