Log in
Register
Menu
Log in
Register
Home
What's new
Latest activity
Authors
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Miscellaneous Sections
Tech Head - The Technology Section
Retro Tech
Who remembers their first PC, or using one?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Saturlight" data-source="post: 243600" data-attributes="member: 233652"><p>It was 18 years ago for me, 1988, and I was on the dole.</p><p></p><p>They sent me to a re-training place to learn about fax machines and computers. In those days a computer had no Internet, pictures, images, anything, it was basically a flash word processor.</p><p></p><p>I remember in 1988, sitting in front of one of these things in bewilderment and thinking I'd never get the hang of this.</p><p></p><p>It was just a black screen with a floppy disk, and a white flashing cursor to write letters, a bit like now when you go in dos.</p><p></p><p>Crap now, but then, it was technology at its highest! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Fax machines were another invention sweeping the nation. I remember thinking, what sending a whole letter through a telephone line. How do they get the words through the wire?! WOW.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saturlight, post: 243600, member: 233652"] It was 18 years ago for me, 1988, and I was on the dole. They sent me to a re-training place to learn about fax machines and computers. In those days a computer had no Internet, pictures, images, anything, it was basically a flash word processor. I remember in 1988, sitting in front of one of these things in bewilderment and thinking I'd never get the hang of this. It was just a black screen with a floppy disk, and a white flashing cursor to write letters, a bit like now when you go in dos. Crap now, but then, it was technology at its highest! :D Fax machines were another invention sweeping the nation. I remember thinking, what sending a whole letter through a telephone line. How do they get the words through the wire?! WOW.:-rofl2 [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Miscellaneous Sections
Tech Head - The Technology Section
Retro Tech
Who remembers their first PC, or using one?
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top