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Win95 old?

In 1983, my first computer was an Atari 800 with 8M of memory.  When I added the floppy drive, it cost me a little over $1000 (which at the time was a bunch of money for a high school kid).  The only thing that bothers me is that it is now 20 plus years later and I have gone backwards in monitor size.  I had a 19 inch color monitor then (my TV) and now I have a 17 inch (but the definition is a little better).

Now, if I could just find that River Rat game somewhere ...

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Terry <td3201 at gmail.com> wrote ..

I remember Win95.  Does that make me cool enough to post on the "I am old" thread?

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:27:57 -0500, John Dickson <jman at neonramp.com> wrote:
> My memory has faded with all the time past. I remember core memory, bubble 
memory, audio tape, and the big jump to the 2400 modem. Even some of the big 
equipment that ran panels and panels of BCD lights to interpret 
condition/status. A 40 meg hard drive was about 90 pounds nearly 2 feat tall 
and as wide, made by Singer. I just don't recall what the hell I used it for.
> 
> John
> 
> Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote ..
> 
> 
> > CP/M... the O/S that "inspired" MS-DOS :)
> > --- Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Reminiscing always tokes me back to my old Kaypro 2
> > > and 10. The 10 had a
> > > 300 bpw modem built in but I found a 1200bps that
> > > hooked to the serial
> > > port for about $100.  It had a 10 mb hard drive and
> > > was all  text based
> > > -- none of this GOO-I stuff! :-) I liked using CP/M
> > > (that's their OS).
> > > Ahhhh nostalgia! Would I go back? Naahhhhh! Unless
> > > there was a Kaypro
> > > Linux port  .. .. .
> > >
> > > Don Kauffman
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 14:54, Sean Edwards wrote:
> > > > Um . . . in 1982 I would dial into a BBS with my
> > > Radio
> > > > Shack Color Computer II and a 300bps (that's
> > > .3kbps)
> > > > modem.  I remember when 2.4kbps came out, and that
> > > was
> > > > screaming! 9.6kbps was unheard of for
> > > > consumer/residential use, that kind of speed was
> > > for
> > > > data centers!
> > > >
> > > > On a side note, I would then have to download to
> > > audio
> > > > tape, shut down, remove the modem cartridge, plug
> > > in
> > > > the floppy drive cartridge, start up, and transfer
> > > > from audio tape to floppy drive.
> > > >
> > > > OS/9 was a POSIX OS for the Color Computer and it
> > > was
> > > > awesome!
> > > >
> > > > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > > > cybersean3000 at yahoo.com
> > > > --- Gregory Thomas <netsaint at cox.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Who remembers when 9.6k was enough?
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, we have a entire generation moaning "why
> > > cant i
> > > > > have it now"
> > > > >
> > > > > Ben Dinger wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 05:18:17PM -0700, Eric
> > > Lusk
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>My only problem with Cox is when I had them
> > > before
> > > > > >>they blocked port 80 :(  I run a web server,
> > > so
> > > > > ended
> > > > > >>up with Qwest's new 1500 down/1024 up package.
> > > > > >>I guess you CAN get the port 80 block taken
> > > off,
> > > > > but
> > > > > >>from what I heard it's somewhat spendy, have
> > > to
> > > > > call
> > > > > >>it a "business" account.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >That new Qwest package is by far THE SHIT.  I
> > > saved
> > > > > my company several hundred dolares a month by
> > > going
> > > > > to the 1.5/1 (or 896) package in our Fremont
> > > offsite
> > > > > instead of our old 768/768 circuit.  According
> > > to
> > > > > Qwest (when we signed up), to get the port
> > > blockage
> > > > > off all you need is a static IP block.  No
> > > biggie
> > > > > there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Oh, and, it became a conveinent place for me to
> > > put
> > > > > my web/email server due to extermely low
> > > utilization
> > > > > of the connection there, and well - ALLTEL'S DSL
> > > > > TIERS SUCK THE BALLS AND ASS. Oh, did I say
> > > that? :)
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Anyway, I really, really, wish that we could
> > > get
> > > > > the speed options in Lincoln that you omaha folk
> > > are
> > > > > blessed with.  The best economy-wise we can do
> > > is
> > > > > TWC's 3MB/384k Cable.  Alltel's "best" upload
> > > > > offering is the 512k/512k DSL "ultra".  They
> > > should
> > > > > be shot.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Ahem.. anyway, heh.. lucky bastards ;).