How old/young are you (to all)?

wow, there are so many people way older than me on here. not that it matters, lol, i dont care. my grandad doesn't even have a computer. he doesn't go out much anymore, he lives a quiet life. too quiet.

 

Evamae, I was using computers before you were born. I was very comfortable with dos. I kept all the bookwork of three businesses, with an 8088processor, and 64 kb of ram. 1,2,3, was my spreadsheet program. I thought I had died and gone to heaven, when Ouicken 1.1 came out in 1990, and I could print payroll checks as I did the entrys. As ancient as I may sound, I still figure I got 20 or more good years.

 

well good for you. my dad's dad has never bothered with computers for some reason, even (as i said) he doesnt get out much and has nothing to do at home, except watch t.v, drink beer and slowly waste away ...

 

I sorry for that, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

 

uh-huh, i agree, but he won't let anyone tell him what to do. his knee is going, but he refuses to go to the doctor, hes stubborn.

 

I think he's just traditional.

 

 ... This site has an excellent cross section of all ages and nationalities ... There are actually people older than I am .. That's unusual for a forum ...

 ... My first CPU system was an Apple IIe+ and I've also had a DEC Lsi 11 ... Deos that date me? How about a Commodore PET? I've had several of those also ...

 

I got you beat catfreak. My first system was an Adam, with a genuine daisy wheel printer. I paid 650.00 for it, and never really got it to do much of anything. Sold it for 600.00, and purchased a Xerox, can't remember the model, but it had dual 8 1/4" floppy drives. I was actually able to use it for basic bookeeping, and word processing. The program was wordstar, the forerunner to ms word. Paid around 1000 for that system, in 1988. I also had a comodore 64, but the kids just used it for packman & super mario. I can go on & on, but I'm sure that your bored, hearing about the old days. The advances in the last 15 years are amazing. Think what they will be in the next 15 years

 

I've worked for Intel for 27 years... started when I was 19 I think. I remember when we started using the IBM PC (8080 based) with dual floppies (no HDD); all the secrataries hated them, they were so accustom to the Selectwriter (typewriter for you kiddies). My wife used to assemble the PONG game if any of you remember that - I guess by and large it was the first video game.

and now pc's have 4-wheel-drive and anti-lock braking systems, or thrusters (i.e. the space shuttle), or spit money out at you when you insert a plastic card, or tell you EXACTLY (longitude/latitude) where you are or how to get somewhere - and then you can slip it back into your pocket.

AMAZING, isn't it?

 

no i love it, the only problem is you can get into trouble very easily for absolutely nothing.

 

Such as?

 

hacking, pirating, hiring hitmen, etc. etc.

 

lol, I think technology is face of the first and second world.

 

well, let's put a nice scar across it...and put an eye..break the nose...remove a few teeth and singe and eyebrow!

 

i dont understand that. 1st and 2nd world? i know about the 3rd world, but it is all ONE.

 

i don't know how to explain, nm.

 

ever hear of a "third-world country," eva?

 

1st worlds were developed countries (Britain, USA, Germany etc), 2nd world were developing countries (China, India, Pakistan etc) & 3rd world were under-developed countries (Ethiopia, Somalia etc). The terminology was coined in the mid last century to describe different parts of the planet in a simple socio-economic way. If I am not mistaken it is a term that is being used less & less nowadays. It is regarded as politically incorrect.

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