Post your computer specs when you first got the Internet[views:20427][posts:72]________________________________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 11:29am - DYA is DUAL BISMUTH YAW GATE ""] "Napoleon," rather. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 11:30am - demondave ""] I'll have to ask my father what he built. (He has been involved in computers since punch cards) But I do remember playing HACK on his computer as a kid, pre internet. I loved typing out in DOS on its amber screen. I would have marathon HACK games at night and would write down the highlights of the adventures. |
| ________________________________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 11:53am - DYA is DUAL BISMUTH YAW GATE ""] Oh, man. Amber > green ANY DAY. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 12:15pm - arilliusbm ""] Green or GTFO |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 12:20pm - the_reverend ""] arilliusbm said:Black AND Green? too many bits |
| ________________________________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 12:28pm - DYA is DUAL BISMUTH YAW GATE ""] Aril's monochrome monitor is actual monochrome, green only. None of that poser "green AND black" shit. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 12:33pm - xmikex ""] "Mono" means one and "Aril" means Aril |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 1:10pm - arilliusbm ""] That could quite possibly one of the nerdiest things someone could argue about. Just imagine someone walking into an argument overwhether or not Green or Amber monochromatic monitors are real. GREEN all day, though. Amber was for pussies. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 1:12pm - arilliusbm ""] Also, 5 1/4 Floppy disks > usb sticks |
| _______________________________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 1:15pm - DYA is DUAL BISMUTH YAW GATE ""] I'm surprised nobody wandered over to that Ramlord/BT thread to call them posers for using 3.5" disks instead of 5.25". |
| _______________________________ [Jun 18,2014 2:26pm - hlrie ""] Isn't this all like bickering over what dead language is best? Btw... Sanskrit or gtfo |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 2:33pm - arilliusbm ""] One thing I can agree on is that the computer cases were much better/heavier back then. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 2:42pm - the_reverend ""] I was in to tapes before floppies were only 5.25"\' |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 2:46pm - arilliusbm ""] Http://www.old-computers.com |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 2:59pm - Alx_Casket ""] arilliusbm said:One thing I can agree on is that the computer cases were much better/heavier back then. They were designed like tanks, but I wouldn't say they were better. Nowadays cases are lighter, quieter, built with more capabilities, and have better airflow. They've evolved with the needs of the hardware they house. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 3:12pm - arilliusbm ""] Obviously, I was talking in the sense of the case itself, not comparing it to the technology inside. Same thing with cars. Give me a 4000 pound metal boat over a 1200 fiberglass piece of shit any day. (even though I drive a cheap ass Civic.) :/ |
| ________________________________ [Jun 18,2014 9:52pm - Marsh ""] Compaq presario in 1995-1996ish |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 19,2014 6:48pm - BeholdJudas ""] I don't even fuckin' know. Some home model running 98 from around '97 or '98; I don't recall having internet until around '99 or '00. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 19,2014 7:11pm - xmikex ""] [img] Definitely had a TI-99 at some point when I was really little that had a couple of text based RPGs and Hunt the Wumpus. I remember being really inquisitive about it and my parents being very "*shrug* It's just a stupid computer who cares?" THANKS A LOT MOM. bennyhillifier |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 19,2014 7:13pm - goatcatalyst ""] [img] |
| _______________________________________________________ [Jun 20,2014 8:38am - DYA is DUAL BISMUTH YAW GATE ""] Wumpus huntin' FTW |
| ______________________________________________ [Jun 20,2014 1:43pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] Macintosh II 16 MHz 1MB RAM Got online with an acoustic coupler |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 21,2014 3:18pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""] WebTV |