[olug] Am I Old( was Cox High Speed)
troehr at nj-onramp.com
troehr at nj-onramp.com
Mon Aug 23 15:25:53 UTC 2004
My first computer was a Byte 8.
10 slot S100 Bus, 1Mhz 8080 with 2 K of Ram, and a hex display and toggle input
switches...
My first Unix home system was a AT&T Unx PC/3B1/pc7300...
Tom Roehr
Quoting Sean Edwards <cybersean3000 at yahoo.com>:
> Any body ever build a Heathkit computer?
>
> -=Sean Edwards=-
> cybersean3000 at yahoo.com
>
> --- Craig Wolf <cjwolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
>
> > Don't forget the Commodore 128. My Dad still has 2
> > complete Commodore
> > 64's with floppy drives, tape drives and even a
> > Commodore Monitor. 8)
> > Dad was too cheap to "buy" me video games since each
> > one was $15. So he
> > bought me a book of 25 games that I had to type in,
> > line by painstaking
> > line. I learned to troubleshoot code at the age of
> > 7 since my typing
> > skills were not very good yet. 8)
> >
> > Craig Wolf
> > Linux Web Server Support
> > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > 402-894-6283
> >
> >
> > >>> Tom.LutherJr at conagrafoods.com 8/23/2004 >>>
> > My first computer was a VIC 20....remember those?
> >
> > ug......
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olug-bounces at olug.org
> > [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org]On Behalf Of
> > Ben Dinger
> > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:26 AM
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Cox High Speed Internet
> >
> >
> > Heh, our first home PC was a brand-spanking-new
> > Compaq "portable". I
> > played Kings Quest (like, the first one?) endlessly
> > on that tiny
> > monchrome screen.
> >
> > My, like *my*, first PC was a Osborne-1 that was a
> > gift from my uncle.
> > I mastered CP/M and SuperCalc in no time at all ;).
> >
> > And.. AND I remember when I was hot shit because I
> > had a 486 DX2/66...
> > and ran a really old version of slackware on it.
> > Hell, I still have the
> > 540MB WD HDD from that thing, with Slack still
> > installed on it.
> >
> > Hell, to this day I still have my old Pentium 90.
> > It's here at work,
> > loaded with 32MB of RAM and a 1GB IBM HDD, running
> > OpenBSD 3.2 and doing
> > network monitoring. Had I not moved it to a
> > different UPS when we
> > bought new ones, it would have over 500 days uptime!
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 07:31:34PM -0700, Eric Lusk
> > wrote:
> > > Had a Laser128 (apple clone) when I was in high
> > > school... And it was new.
> > > Now I feel old. ;)
> > > --- Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Did you use Win 3.1? That barely makes it in!
> > :-D
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 18:27, Terry 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
> > ;).
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
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