right on! that was the old punch card reader eh?

"Vista User" <VistaUser@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "John Lee Brown" <johnlbrown53notospam@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>> What do you mean I remember when we got the first 512k of ram for a
>> mainframe computer.
>> "Vista User" <VistaRules@NoSpam.net> wrote in message
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>>> "ZensGreedyFly" <zensgreedyfly@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>>>I guess I could consider myself an "old schooler" as are most of the
>>>>others here that are trying to help the less experienced brave a new OS.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose listening to the rants of the Vista haters has brought back a
>>>> bit of nostalgia.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone remember these cries of technophobes?
>>>>
>>>> "XP?, why the hell would I need that when 98SE blew away 95?"
>>>>
>>>> "How will I EVER fill up an entire GIGABYTE?"
>>>>
>>>> "What the hell do I need a mouse for when I have a keyboard?"
>>>>
>>>> ...I could keep going, but I'd love to hear some of you guy's
>>>
>>> How about 98se / Why do you want more then 8 Meg of memory?
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> Ok how about late 70's Data General 1200 4 Meg Core Memory.
> Now those were the days.[/color]