I have an idea for a new thread...

[Lurch the stalker]

Yip, internet only came a bit later for me as well, on my Pentium 3. Thought the Pentium was the best thing since sliced bread at that time.

At the time, the Pentium 3 was the best thing since sliced bread.

I remember getting my first 1GB HDD and thinking..."I'll never use all this space!" and now I have a few TB storage in my machines and complain I don't have enough.

[Fruity]

At the time, the Pentium 3 was the best thing since sliced bread.

I remember getting my first 1GB HDD and thinking..."I'll never use all this space!" and now I have a few TB storage in my machines and complain I don't have enough.

Yeah 1gb hdd was the shiz niz back then.

[Lurch the stalker]

Yeah 1gb hdd was the shiz niz back then.

We might as well all be sitting in our rocking chairs on the stoep at the old age home having this trip down memory lane... haha

[Uni]

At the time, the Pentium 3 was the best thing since sliced bread.

I remember getting my first 1GB HDD and thinking..."I'll never use all this space!" and now I have a few TB storage in my machines and complain I don't have enough.

Sheesh you guys were spoilt - I think my first proper desktop computer had 500mb

[Lurch the stalker]

Sheesh you guys were spoilt - I think my first proper desktop computer had 500mb

I had an aunt that passed things on to me.

My first machine was an XT.

[Uni]

I had an aunt that passed things on to me.

My first machine was an XT.

Us spectravideo and commodore kids could only aspire to a IBM

 

It's crazy back in the day school teaching us to draw a house in logo and my boss' daughter is going on a field trip to Sillicon Valley for her computer classes ..progress I guess.

Edited July 3, 2016 by Uni

[Lurch the stalker]

Us spectravideo and commodore kids could only aspire to a IBM

 

It's crazy back in the day school teaching us to draw a house in logo and my boss' daughter is going on a field trip to Sillicon Valley for her computer classes ..progress I guess.

One of my colleagues is going to Silicon Valley with part of her MBA...and I'm sitting here drawing that same house... (Ok, that second part is a lie, I never could draw )

[Kranswurm]

I was a bit taken aback recently when my youngsters didn't know what a tickeybox was.

Mate...I had to battle to think what it was...

[Fruity]

I had an aunt that passed things on to me.

My first machine was an XT.

Which was the XT, Lurch?

First machine I had was a 386DX 40. Used to dig playing Jazz Jackrabbit on it.

[Fruity]

Nissan GT-R drone.

http://www.stuff.co.za/nissans-gtr-drone-0-100kmh-just-1-3-seconds/

[Fruity]

Us spectravideo and commodore kids could only aspire to a IBM

 

It's crazy back in the day school teaching us to draw a house in logo and my boss' daughter is going on a field trip to Sillicon Valley for her computer classes ..progress I guess.

One of my mates had a Commodore 64 that I used to jol on when I visited back in the day. Was great fun.

[Lurch the stalker]

Which was the XT, Lurch?

First machine I had was a 386DX 40. Used to dig playing Jazz Jackrabbit on it.

That would be one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer_XT

(I'd forgotten about that twisted telephone style cable on the keyboard...)

[CogitoErgoSum]

 

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[Tumbleweed]

[Tumbleweed]

A friend said this is needed, because Mondays need no more cowbells...

 

 

[Readsalot]

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