Clayton: Dad, what became of your old computer? Adam: It's getting refurbished, then given to a school. Clayton: Hopefully not MY school. That thing was a dinosaur.
My first computer - built in 1996 - had a 2 Gb hard drive, and probably cost over $1200 new. Now, I have a 2 Gb flash drive on my keyring that cost $19.66 at Wal*Mart. Of course, Clayton’s probably never heard of a “slide rule.” ;-)
Kids need to learn how reading, writing and arithmetic work before giving them computers. I do this stuff for a living, but I think it’s the equivalent of giving a 16yo with a learner’s permit the keys to the Maserati.
GuntotingLiberal over 15 years ago
4kb of RAM was good enough to go to the moon on, it should be good enough for you!
stpatme over 15 years ago
My first computer - built in 1996 - had a 2 Gb hard drive, and probably cost over $1200 new. Now, I have a 2 Gb flash drive on my keyring that cost $19.66 at Wal*Mart. Of course, Clayton’s probably never heard of a “slide rule.” ;-)
Furienna2 over 15 years ago
I use a computer right now, that probably is as old as Clayton is. If something works, don’t fix it.
circuit7 over 15 years ago
Kids need to learn how reading, writing and arithmetic work before giving them computers. I do this stuff for a living, but I think it’s the equivalent of giving a 16yo with a learner’s permit the keys to the Maserati.
circuit7 over 15 years ago
I remember my first TRS-80…