[olug] Am I Old( was Cox High Speed)

Tue Aug 24 16:40:26 UTC 2004

My first home computer was the TI-994/A.
Sears closed them out for $50 each.
This was Fall 1983.
Built-in basic and cassette tape storage.
I bought and typed in a stored several games for my younger siblings to
play.
It did take Atari like modules you could buy to play video type games.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Wolf" <cjwolf at mpsomaha.org>
To: <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: [olug] Am I Old( was Cox High Speed)

> 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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