Remember these?

[Gene Holmes]

Having a bit of a clear out and found this.

1985 date code. Was it really that long ago.

If I keep digging , I may even find a mother board to plug it into.

Add 8mb of RAM and I'll have a Linux Super computer  :crazy:   :crazy:   :crazy:

 

[Wonko the Sane]

I can still remember loading the OS every time I turned the machine on and opting for the BIG 256K ram when I bought the thing.

 

[Gene Holmes]

I can still remember loading the OS every time I turned the machine on and opting for the BIG 256K ram when I bought the thing.

A whole 256K.  :crazy:

I remember when we were told, we will never need more than 64K.. Ever

 

[ips]

I don't even know what it is but then again I was computer illiterate until 15yrs ago when I was forced to learn as my daughter started school and needed one. Still not fully literate just keep hitting buttons until something happens

 

[Gene Holmes]

i used to quite enjoy putting them together. Now I cant stand them

 

[ips]

Me neither cos they never work properly, also have you noticed that at work the paperless system never happened, I seem to have more hard copys now than ever before everything in triplicate and every begger cc'd into every email for good measure, whats all that about ?

 

[Gene Holmes]

No interweb then either.
You had to dial into a BB

 

[Santa2512]

No interweb then either. You had to dial into a BB

Ah BB's ,  A good old Hayes 1200/75 modem ....

Ran up my biggest ever phone bill in the 80's  £440 for one quarter  24hrs online BB to Germany . 

Mart

 

[Gene Holmes]

Ah BB's ,  A good old Hayes 1200/75 modem ....

Ran up my biggest ever phone bill in the 80's  £440 for one quarter  24hrs online BB to Germany . 

Mart

Germany eh!!  :nyam:

 

[Gene Holmes]

Also only used to get email once a day.

 

[40UP]

A good old Hayes 1200/75 modem

That'll be 0.012 megabits per second

 

[40UP]

When we first went electronic we had 642 bytes to write a payroll program in. And were glad of it.

 

[ExSCA]

Things were simpler then.... just ascii text.   

I was working on x.25 packet networks... 

 

[40UP]

When we first went electronic we had 642 bytes to write a payroll program in. And were glad of it.

Before that we had to punch holes in mylar tape. Dad would come home from milking and wipe the floor with us.

 

[40UP]

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