[AT] OT - computer advice

[rlgoss at twc.com]

On our vacation trip this summer, I visited Hadrian's library, I I got curious about the nature of books in that time?  It turns out that vellum (sheep skin) had been invented by then, and they probably were made oof that.

Larry

--- David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote: 
> Hell, I remember using parchment and a quill pen!
> 	Dave
> PS, And I believe that several on ATIS used stone and a hammer!
> 
> On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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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