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25. ...and trig on one of these:

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 10:08 PM

May 2014

(lessee one o' them snooty kids try that!

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KIDS REACT TO OLD COMPUTERS [View all] jakeXT May 2014 OP

Having the "ON" switch in the back never made sense to me either. baldguy May 2014 #1

On our used Apple ][ the main switch was broken csziggy May 2014 #18

Back then, computers were tedious and uninteresting. That's why only certain personalities were Yavin4 May 2014 #2

I first logged onto the internet in 1979. hunter May 2014 #4

But they could be very useful csziggy May 2014 #20

That was fun, thanks. n/t DebJ May 2014 #3

So what's wrong here? krispos42 May 2014 #5

I'm that little blond kid toward the end Rob H. May 2014 #6

I'm a lot older than you but I still have my first "owned" computer, a Mac Plus. valerief May 2014 #27

D'oh! Rob H. May 2014 #28

Ah, Apple II. I used to bring one home from the office (I worked for a s/w company) valerief May 2014 #29

I remember when Oregon Trail was awesome. ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #7

I fucking LOVED that game. n/t Dpm12 May 2014 #10

I remember typing college papers on Apple IIc computers. Jenoch May 2014 #8

"the agony of delete" Skittles May 2014 #9

I have sever dozen college papers backed up. Jenoch May 2014 #12

Holy S--t, I typed my senior thesis on a manual TYPEWRITER! lastlib May 2014 #22

When I transfered from a two year college Jenoch May 2014 #24

Next time, they should give them a stack of punch cards. kentauros May 2014 #11

I had one computer course in college that still used punch cards. Jenoch May 2014 #13

Was it COBOL? kentauros May 2014 #14

It might have been COBOL. Jenoch May 2014 #15

Yeah, business majors had to take COBOL at our college, too. kentauros May 2014 #16

I ended up in a Fortan class - LiberalElite May 2014 #17

My college ID was a punch card csziggy May 2014 #19

The kid at 6:50 seems to actually like it! progressoid May 2014 #21

I remember being younger than them trying to figure out how to use those damn things Taitertots May 2014 #23

...and trig on one of these: lastlib May 2014 #25

What a hoot. I love the little bookie in the wiseguy hat! valerief May 2014 #26

kid: Wow, was your first computer like that? me: No, that's newer. kid: Wow. LeftyMom May 2014 #30

What game were they playing at around 6:00? Reter May 2014 #31

D-Day by Keypunch Software? I think there was also Shark Bait and Bee Crunch jakeXT May 2014 #32