Yup and teletypes with paper tape punches you were cool if you had mylar
tape.


"ZensGreedyFly" <zensgreedyfly@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:5UDDi.5108$JD.1055@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net...[color=blue]
> right on! that was the old punch card reader eh?
>
> "Vista User" <VistaUser@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:fbmtcm$hnr$1@aioe.org...[color=green]
>>
>> "John Lee Brown" <johnlbrown53notospam@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:ej8i8t%237HHA.5404@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> What do you mean I remember when we got the first 512k of ram for a
>>> mainframe computer.
>>> "Vista User" <VistaRules@NoSpam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:fbmsfh$f85$1@aioe.org...
>>>>
>>>> "ZensGreedyFly" <zensgreedyfly@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:vmCDi.5076$JD.2511@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net...
>>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Ok how about late 70's Data General 1200 4 Meg Core Memory.
>> Now those were the days.[/color]
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