[olug] "I remember when..."

[Joe Gulizia]

Okay I'll get in on this.

First computer Amiga 2000...still working...bought in 91.  I was looking at a computer to do video work with (graphics and titles) and the PC field dodn't have anything at that time.  Still downstairs and still works.  Then was given a 386 or 486....before buying a generic white box PC in (99?)...upgraded it....changed cases...changed motherboards (bad caps with a diagnosis by Wolf).  Basically still running thesame machine.  Bought a newer machine a couple years ago with VI$TA on it for the wife and daughter (so I don't touch it unless I need to update the AVG or troubleshoot it.....or switch to the linux side of it and use Kubuntu 8.04).  Son's first machine is a HP laptop that he bought a year and a half ago for college...running Kubuntu 8.10 and a virtualized Windows XP Pro for his Windows based computer classes at IWCC).

I did some work learning the Tandy 1000's that my National Guard unit had for the field journalists.


Joe

--- On Sat, 4/25/09, Christopher White <slaeyer at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Christopher White <slaeyer at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [olug] "I remember when..."
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 2:50 AM
> Ah Synchronet,
> 
> I remember you so fondly!  Such fun times playing
> those door games.
> My first computer that my family bought was a Macintosh
> LC580 (I
> pitched in nearly $200 of my own money from my part time
> job in school
> to get this beast!).  It was an upgrade from the Mac
> Classic we were
> "borrowing" at the time to get onto the local bbs. 
> When I'd saved
> enough, I splurged on a 28.8 modem and later uploaded the
> 33.6
> firmware to it!  Such speeds!!!  And the LC580
> had a color screen!!!!!
>  Simply amazing!!!
> 
> I've owned many machines since then but will always have a
> fond place
> in my heart for that beautiful little Mac!!  It was so
> much fun to use
> and seemed lightning fast compared to it's actual speed of
> 33 mhz!!!
> 
> Thanks for the trip down memory lane,
> Chris from Kearney
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Thomas D. Williamson
> <twilliam at inebraska.com>
> wrote:
> > My first exposure to computing was through a share
> from HDR in high
> > school, with a phone modem and paper punch tape to
> "record" the
> > programs we were required to write.
> >
> > I had friends who bought and used the Osborn computers
> with dual 8"
> > floppy drives, so CPM could operate on one and a
> program could be
> > loaded on the other.
> >
> > My first personal computer was a Sanyo with dual 5
> 1/2" drives for the
> > same purpose as the Osborn.  I believe the processor
> was an 8086. The
> > package came with a dot matrix printer and was about
> $1400. That was
> > the most I've ever spent since then. I was in college
> and it was used
> > for writing papers for the most part. The MS-DOS was
> modified by Sanyo
> > so any upgrades were required through them at an
> exceptionally high
> > price. I stopped using because of that.
> >
> > My first more standard PC was one I ordered built to
> my
> > specifications. This was at the time the 486SX-16 was
> being pushed,
> > but I went with the 386DX-16 from AMD because it
> actually processed
> > faster than the SX. I later upgraded to a 486DX-16,
> installed a modem
> > and other items before it ran out of it usefulness. I
> got it with out
> > MS-DOS and used DR-DOS instead with Windows 3.1 and
> 3.11. I worked
> > with a MS-DOS Machine with Windows 3.11 at work and
> found that DR-DOS
> > worked better with memory management and cause fewer
> crashes.
> >
> > Since then I have continued to stay behind the curve
> on most equipment
> > since I do not have high end demands, and am able to
> pay less for what
> > I need and can use.
> >
> >
> > Tom Williamson
> >
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