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Old 11-02-2010, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Pomona
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Anyone remember the earlier days of the internet ... that was without ads and spam?

Porn always existed, however.
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Old 11-02-2010, 07:29 AM
 
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thecoalman,

I remember my Commodore 64 well. I used to spend hours hacking in the code from Creative Computing magazine just just to get some little pixelated character to wave, or a balloon to fly across the screen. All of my work was saved to a Commodore Datasette. Great fun. I actually would love to buy another and relive those days...

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Old 11-02-2010, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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I used to spend hours hacking in the code from Creative Computing magazine just just to get some little pixelated character to wave, or a balloon

I actually would love to buy another and relive those days...


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Old 11-02-2010, 07:58 AM
 
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Charles,

But it was great fun...
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Old 11-02-2010, 08:01 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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Charles,

But it was great fun...
It pains me to think of those days as I did the same thing too.

Remember the 1541 disk drive was one sided only.

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Old 11-02-2010, 08:07 AM
 
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Charles,

I eventually got the floppy drive as it was faster than the cassette player. I miss the simplicity of those days.
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Old 11-02-2010, 08:43 AM
 
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8" floppies for the mainframe.
I have one.
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Old 11-02-2010, 09:04 AM
 
Location: USA
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8" floppies for the mainframe.

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I have one.
We were still using them at my previous gig !

Okay, .... not the floppies. But there were still some round reels being used to file with those State agencies that are on a tight budget. Works fine.
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Old 11-02-2010, 10:02 AM
 
Location: SCW, AZ
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Wow, this thread might as well have been called "How much of an old fart are you really?"



I don't remember anything prior to CDs and CD drives.




.....well okay, I refuse to recall!
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Old 11-02-2010, 11:16 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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