tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post1163548394940435319..comments2023-10-12T02:08:05.993-06:00Comments on Winjama: Commonwhore Reborn!Winjamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967737778334776604noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-44800687152154683042010-03-27T18:21:57.571-06:002010-03-27T18:21:57.571-06:00Hi Harry,
I remember that time too. I had a bit of...Hi Harry,<br />I remember that time too. I had a bit of a challenge understanding what email would do for me... I think until I actually got an answer. Then it was, "Wow! Too cool!"<br /><br />I also remember the first time I saw a copy machine. While I was in the Navy. We had a couple of stinky mimeo machines, but when we got our first copier. A couple dozen or so sailors lined up outside the ship's office to wait their turn to see this miracle.<br />You placed the original in a lithograph-type dotted screen holder made of flexible plastic, then fed it into the machine. About a minute later, out came your one copy. I think it was on thermal paper too. It was almost science fiction in action. Not quite, cause you still had to have everything in triplicate - at least, so carbon paper and mimeos were still way faster.<br /><br />Don't get me started about my first modem - all of 300 baud. It sucked even then, but it was better than nothing.Dave Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038109966699072504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-21707315007115489782010-03-27T17:45:51.905-06:002010-03-27T17:45:51.905-06:00Wow Dave, what a walk down memory lane reading abo...Wow Dave, what a walk down memory lane reading about the ol' Commodore 64. I remember all those early cutting technologies we used thinking this was the way things will be, only to have newer and newer technologies come out.<br />I remember working at AT&T in the '80's when we finally got email. How clunky it was to write just one email!<br />Thanks for the memories.Liberating Recycling Leaders - LRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558737474586346463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-76528952486262697262010-03-27T10:11:16.870-06:002010-03-27T10:11:16.870-06:00LT - Shirt? Did I miss something?
Anonymous - Tur...LT - Shirt? Did I miss something?<br /><br />Anonymous - Turtleford, Sask? Why that looks about as big as Tofield. I have no idea why it's showing Turtleford. I don't have any control (I don't think so anyway) over that part.<br />Say hi to Denis and hurry back.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />DaveDave Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038109966699072504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-91323662056334550922010-03-27T09:31:46.409-06:002010-03-27T09:31:46.409-06:00I remember them all too. My first job was prepari...I remember them all too. My first job was preparing the cards to go into the Board of Education computer so that students marks could be printed on reports. Never knew the name for the cards before I read this. <br />By the way, Denis just pointed out to me that we now appear on your sign in log as Turtleford (Sask) Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-70374052045689222352010-03-27T07:39:26.319-06:002010-03-27T07:39:26.319-06:00Man nice blog, love the shirt and also have to say...Man nice blog, love the shirt and also have to say I had a 64 too. lol loved the game where you could be in the meadow, go into the forest and cut down the tree, before you do climb it to get the key you will need once you go into the stump. lol oh yeah brings back a memory or two from the early 80's lol See you all down there soon.LTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-66467599630791191532010-03-25T07:18:02.206-06:002010-03-25T07:18:02.206-06:00Hi Sandy,
Hollerith cards - ah, fond memories of ...Hi Sandy,<br /><br />Hollerith cards - ah, fond memories of waiting my turn to run my project, only to find another error. The only thing that made it worse was it was for a statistical course using SPSS on the main frame. I hated it!<br />This was in the early- to mid-eighties.Dave Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038109966699072504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-63019458986635520232010-03-25T05:29:43.869-06:002010-03-25T05:29:43.869-06:00I remember going with my Dad to the "computer...I remember going with my Dad to the "computer building" at Ohio University (i grew up in Athens, Ohio)in the early 70's. Huge machines, card sorters, etc. But it was cutting-edge technology back then!sandy anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-24564083928875665982010-03-25T03:21:01.266-06:002010-03-25T03:21:01.266-06:00I remember those. I almost bought a Timex Sinclair...I remember those. I almost bought a Timex Sinclair 1000, I think it was - the one with the 'Chiclet' keyboard. But then I woke up.Dave Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038109966699072504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432310.post-91930165803010492142010-03-24T12:02:30.001-06:002010-03-24T12:02:30.001-06:00A Commodore 64! That was already a big machine!
M...A Commodore 64! That was already a big machine!<br /><br />My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum ZX with a Ram memory of 16kB. It had no screen and you had to connect it to the TV.Fuego negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463643358594931268noreply@blogger.com