OT: I Remember When - Page 4

DavidG · #31 September 24th, 2002, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rdouglass:
I remeber when people and companies used to dump raw sewage and chemicals into streams and rivers....

Wow you remember what happened today!!

capnq · #32 September 24th, 2002, 11:14 PM

A nibble = 4 bits = half a byte.

Puke · #33 September 25th, 2002, 12:51 AM

i remember reading menus from right to left, instead of left to right.

i remember being optomistic about.. anything.

Makinus · #34 September 25th, 2002, 02:14 AM

I remember when my new top of the line 286 with a CGA (4 colors) monitor arrived!

I remeber when i bought a superfast 2400 bps modem!

I remember when a rich friend bought directly from the US a new and revolutionary 1x CD-ROM!

TerranC · #35 September 25th, 2002, 02:56 AM

I remember the TURBO button.

it's TURBO.

[ September 25, 2002, 01:56: Message edited by: TerranC ]

Gryphin · #36 September 25th, 2002, 03:00 AM

I remember not being able to explaine what the Turbo button did, (and I still don't).

Edit:
and along with that both a reset and on off buttons I could hit with my knee.

[ September 25, 2002, 02:02: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

CNCRaymond · #37 September 25th, 2002, 03:04 AM

I remember when TRS-80 (Trash 80's) were the stand by which all other PC manufactures measured quality.

(Oh its been a while so if I make mistakes, forgive me.)

10 CLS
20 PRINT "Hello"
30 PRINT "Enter PW"
40 INPUT = A
50 IF A = "Password" Then 60 ELSE 55
55 PRINT "Wrong Dumb ***"
56 GOTO 30
60 PRINT "Wussup"
65 END

DavidG · #38 September 25th, 2002, 03:49 AM

I remember when the Turbo button actually did something and all the computers that came latter were they left button on cause you just got to have TURBO!!!

[ September 25, 2002, 02:49: Message edited by: DavidG ]

Baron Grazic · #39 September 25th, 2002, 03:52 AM

I remember when living in the Country meant that it took you 10 minutes on your Motor Bike to pop by your friend who lived next door and you saw wild life every time you looked out the window.

Now days, when you look out your window all you see are Bulldozers making roads for more houses and the only wild-life you see is lying on the side of the road.

Atrocities · #40 September 25th, 2002, 02:35 PM

I remember the slower pace of life. When being a kid was to be free to do all kinds of cool things.

In the Last 15 years the area I live in has expanded to cover every free square inch of land that is availible. I mean every tree has been cut down, and all open fields are now commercial or residential buildings.

Jobs, well they are non-exsistant here, yet people keep moving in. Almost a million in the Last 3 years now. And to think, 15 years ago we didn't even have sidewalks.