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   Linguist said, 6 months ago

   Ah, Mark’s not so bad… once you get to know him !
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 6 months ago

   I’m glad that I have nothing to do with Facebook.
   It’s been trouble from the start.
   Happy New Year, Pab.
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   masterskrain said, 6 months ago

   What the heck kind of computer doer her Maj own?
   Is that a Coleco, or a Commodore 64, or something like that??
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   Kali39 said, 6 months ago

   @masterskrain

   It’s what we used to call a TRaSh-80. 386K for all your computing needs. And a tape drive that usually finished loading shortly after you came back from work…
   …
   Ah, how far we’ve come. Now we’re lucky if we came home and Win7 hasn’t crashed.
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   vwdualnomand said, 6 months ago

   those were the days. data stored on tape drives, modems that went at 128 bits/sec, 5 1/4" floppies, 3 1/2" floppies. hdd that had 1 Megabyte of storage, 64 colors. pc speaker sound, no mouse. no gui interface(all command line). 64k of memory. and, crt monitors that weigh over 200 pounds for a 15". no f1-f12 keys. laptops were built like luggage that one would use to emigrate to a foreign land.
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   Kali39 said, 6 months ago

   I had a joystick. Kapow! Zing!
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   Coolio Say What said, 6 months ago

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   notsooldguy said, 6 months ago

   Typed my dissertation on a TRS80 model III using Superscripset and a Tandy daisy wheel printer. Those were the days.
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   masterskrain said, 6 months ago

   @Kali39

   How long did it take to build up the steam pressure in the boiler on that beast? And, was it wood fired, or did it burn coal??
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    ujean said, 6 months ago

    @masterskrain

    In those days a mouse was a power source.
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    Linguist said, 6 months ago

    To all my friends at The New Adventures of Queen Victoria, may I be the first to say:
    >
    Athbhliain faoi mhaise dhaoibh !
    >
    Gott Nytt År !
    >
    Felice Anno Nuovo !
    .>
    Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Έτος !
    >
    HAPPY NEW YEAR !
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    SherlockWatson said, 6 months ago

    This is taking “friending” to a disturbing new level.
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    prrdh said, 6 months ago

    Well, he was in the process of adopting a Russian kid, but that fell through, so, like, any port in a storm…
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    Kali39 said, 6 months ago

    @masterskrain

    As I recall, it burned coal, but it didn’t catch fire too much. :-)
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