my first "pc" (not counting the C64) was the original IBM with 5 slots, full-height single-sided floppy drives, a port for a cassette recorder, no hard disk, and DOS 1.1. Windows? not even a wet dream yet. Internet? Ha.
And I had to walk 3 miles through the snow to use it (in California) <g>.
Much later, my first modem was a 300 baud. All you could connect to for downloading were bulletin boards, if you were really lucky to be able to connect.
>hey guys, I would like to know of any stories you might want to share
>about the old days when chatting/computer was just for geeks and the
>internet was dormant. Here's mine
>
>I used a 637 Performa CD mack that came with 300MB of space. Half of
>that space was taken up by software and the operating system. I had
>to constantly delete anything i can to save precious space. The
>coolest game i played on it was Burn Cycle, which i still believe is
>the coolest game ever. The first time I got internet was AOL 2.6,
>with a 2.4kbps modem. CHatting was so fun, and that IM sound so
>catchy. It would take anywhere from 5-10 minutes for my modem to load
>up a decent page with a fair amount of graphics. I would just walk
>away for a bit and do something else. When i got my $150 56k modem,
>things were alot more nicer!
>
>Also, I subscribed to computer magazines and used to drool over 150mhz
>machines.
>
>
>Comparing then to now, I'd say that i've been getting more impatient
>and greedier. I know thats a bad thing, but I'd rather have it this
>way, at least with
technology!
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