I remember all my color computers makin that same sound. Even when loading taped files. Was glad to finally get a floppy drive!
Ontonagon. Firesteel and Wilderness Rd. area.
shelly_belly said:I used a motorola KDT800 for many years at work to connect remotely to a host computer. It had a 2 way radio data network. If I was in a dead zone I would have to find a payphone and connect it with an acoustic-coupled modem so that I could update my service calls, order parts or send messages to coworkers. I once left it on top of my car and drove off. When I remembered and backtracked to find it, it was in the road and had been run over a few times. Still worked! We called them 'Bricks' because of their size, weight and how hard they were. These were replaced by RIMs devices which have today evolved into Blackberrys.
gratus fermentatio said:And why do my jeans always wear out in the crotch 1st? Jeans used to last a couple years too, now I'm lucky if they last a year.
I remember laughing at my brother after he ignored my advice and bought an 8-track player. A few years later I just kept my mouth shut when he bought a Betamax player...
I remember Night Court.
In my sociology class with a bunch of 18-20 year olds the teacher asked if any one knew the game king of the hill and I was the ONLY one who knew what it was. I thought of asking if they knew smear the queer but decided against it for fear of being expelled for bigotry
I remember Markie Post!
We simply changed the name to stay out of trouble. Now it's called "smear the kid with the alternative lifestyle."
So I guess all that is to say: I Remember When adults would just let us be kids -- blissfully unaware of the bigger picture of the proverbial "Million Stories in the Naked City" rather than burdening us with adult worries and our leaders' inability to apply common sense.
Minor nitpick, but it did not have a 486 MHz processing speed.
It likely had an Intel 486 CPU, with a speed anywhere from 25 MHz to 200 MHz, but "486" was the CPU designation, not the clock speed.
It was the last in the "x86" line (8088, 8086, 286, 386, 486) before Intel changed to the "Pentium" branding.
Bet he had one of these, too.
I remember watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. I remember when cigarette companies sponsored TV game shows. I remember when I found out (the hard way) that a fence could be electrified; I got zapped right in the armpit.
That horse had better sense than I did that day.
Regards, GF.
Apparently I must have been alive when dinosaurs roamed the earth. I recall the following:
Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration...BOTH times;
The controversy about voting for a Roman Catholic presidential candidate;
Sputnik;
Air Raid drills in addition to fire drills in schools;
Life WITHOUT Daylight Saving Time;
Plaid polyester bell bottoms...for men;
Gasoline at 26.9 cents a gallon;
FOUR breweries operating full-force in Milwaukee!
glenn514
What were the original shapes in Lucky Charms?
Whatever happened to Sugar Bear? For an animated cereal mascot, he was pretty cool...
So cool, he wore a turtleneck sweater with no pants.
Regards, GF.
Pauly shore movies
Whatever happened to Sugar Bear? For an animated cereal mascot, he was pretty cool...
So cool, he wore a turtleneck sweater with no pants.
Regards, GF.
Whatever happened to Sugar Bear? For an animated cereal mascot, he was pretty cool...
So cool, he wore a turtleneck sweater with no pants.
Regards, GF.
Remember when, if someone had a "scanner" available it was probably either an EMS scanner or CB scanner ... not a computer scanner.
(yep, just called on one of those. Don't need another one ... I've got 4 ripening in the basement already).
A bit before my time, but ...
What did it mean when you came home from school in warm weather and saw on the ground a line of water going up the street, punctuated by periodic puddles??
Anyone?
Ice truck delivery.They were flushing the water lines... Or kids playing in the sprinklers....
Cheers
Jay
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