[AT] OT - computer advice

Paul Waugh paul at plwaugh.com
Tue Aug 5 09:56:47 PDT 2014


At work we had a TRS80 but it was souped up. It had a floppy instead of the
tape deck. I had apple lle at home and I paid $400 for an extra floppy drive
back in 1984.  Remember 300 baud modems LOL  WOW!
Paul

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Offiler
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 10:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT - computer advice

I go back to Radio Shack TRS-80, Timex-Sinclair 1000, Commodore 64, and
Apple IIe.  Dinosaur enough for ya?

SO


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:27 AM, <rlgoss at twc.com> wrote:

> LOL!  Real Dino's remember when computers were sold with a bound set 
> of instruction books.  :-)
>
>
> Larry
> ---- David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net> wrote:
> > I'm running a couple of XP machines and a Win 7 machine. Does that 
> > make me a semi-dino? :) You really don't have to answer :)
> >
> > David
> > NW NC
> >
> >
> > On 8/5/2014 9:04 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> > > My initial reactions tend to mirror what I subsequently read in 
> > > most of these comments.
> > >
> > > - there is a lot to be said for adopting the latest and greatest, 
> > > in
> terms
> > > of longevity of the support
> > > - Win 8 was designed for smartphone/touchscreen oriented people...
> dare I
> > > say, "younger" people?!
> > > - young people face learning curves with less trepidation
> > > - Win 7 is starting to get tougher to find, and XP... if you're 
> > > still
> on XP
> > > (yeah my laptop at home is XP) you are a DINOSAUR
> > > - I assume Mike's college-age daughter is about as far from a 
> > > dinosaur
> as
> > > you can get
> > >
> > > SO
> >
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