First of all... I have been around for awhile... (Read this as - I'm an old fart...) LOL
While I was drinking my coffee and perusing the forum this morning, I notice several posts that made references to today's technology... It was about this time that I suddenly found myself doing some reflective thinking... It became obvious to me that there are a lot of "younger" members than me and just how much technology had changed over my lifetime... It also made me curious as to what changes others had seen in their lifetime... Hence the purpose of this post... Nothing really important, just feeling a little old and nostalgic...
What changes have you seen in your lifetime... Such as:
1. What calculator did you own as a senior in high school???
2. What was the first computer that you used???
3. What was the first computer that you owned???
4. Do you remember B/W television???
5. Do you remember life without a cellphone???
6. Do you remember when home phones were attached to the wall???
7. Was you first watch digital or analog???
8. What did you first use to listen to music: Ipod, CD, Cassette, 8-track, reel to reel, LP vinyl or other???
What else can you reflect upon as technology changes in your lifetime or what is the largest change that you have seen!!!
Answer these or add your own comments... (be nice... LOL)
My answers:
1: We used slide rules when I was a senior in HS... However, I remember that near the end of the school year, one student brought a handheld TI calculator to class... It would only add, subtract, multiply and divide, but we were amazed!!!
2: The first computer I used was an IBM that filled an entire room... We had to use 80 column cards to input programs and data... There were no keyboards on the computer, operation of the computer was done with toggle switches... However, years later, I was fortunate enough to get one of the early IBM PC computers at my work... It had a 5 1/4" 360k floppy disk drive that would boot the computer using DOS... Then you could put in your program disk and upload your program... It had 256k of RAM and NO hard drive...
3: IBM XT... 360k floppy drive, 256k RAM and 20mb hard drive... I believe it ran at 3.6mhz??? Hot Damn!!!
4: I can remember not having a TV... My Dad said they cost too much and you could only get one or two channels... LOL our first TV was the size of a chest of drawers and only had about a 12" B/W screen...
5. Yes, no cellphones... I used to have to carry a pager at work...
6: I can remember party lines and having to ask the operator to connect you to the number that you wanted... (BR549... LOL)
7: Obviously for me analog... Timex... :-)
8: I remember my older brother getting a record player and several 45rpm records for Christmas one year... Probably the Mom's and Pop's... LOL...
Sorry for the diversion from Pepper related posts....
While I was drinking my coffee and perusing the forum this morning, I notice several posts that made references to today's technology... It was about this time that I suddenly found myself doing some reflective thinking... It became obvious to me that there are a lot of "younger" members than me and just how much technology had changed over my lifetime... It also made me curious as to what changes others had seen in their lifetime... Hence the purpose of this post... Nothing really important, just feeling a little old and nostalgic...
What changes have you seen in your lifetime... Such as:
1. What calculator did you own as a senior in high school???
2. What was the first computer that you used???
3. What was the first computer that you owned???
4. Do you remember B/W television???
5. Do you remember life without a cellphone???
6. Do you remember when home phones were attached to the wall???
7. Was you first watch digital or analog???
8. What did you first use to listen to music: Ipod, CD, Cassette, 8-track, reel to reel, LP vinyl or other???
What else can you reflect upon as technology changes in your lifetime or what is the largest change that you have seen!!!
Answer these or add your own comments... (be nice... LOL)
My answers:
1: We used slide rules when I was a senior in HS... However, I remember that near the end of the school year, one student brought a handheld TI calculator to class... It would only add, subtract, multiply and divide, but we were amazed!!!
2: The first computer I used was an IBM that filled an entire room... We had to use 80 column cards to input programs and data... There were no keyboards on the computer, operation of the computer was done with toggle switches... However, years later, I was fortunate enough to get one of the early IBM PC computers at my work... It had a 5 1/4" 360k floppy disk drive that would boot the computer using DOS... Then you could put in your program disk and upload your program... It had 256k of RAM and NO hard drive...
3: IBM XT... 360k floppy drive, 256k RAM and 20mb hard drive... I believe it ran at 3.6mhz??? Hot Damn!!!
4: I can remember not having a TV... My Dad said they cost too much and you could only get one or two channels... LOL our first TV was the size of a chest of drawers and only had about a 12" B/W screen...
5. Yes, no cellphones... I used to have to carry a pager at work...
6: I can remember party lines and having to ask the operator to connect you to the number that you wanted... (BR549... LOL)
7: Obviously for me analog... Timex... :-)
8: I remember my older brother getting a record player and several 45rpm records for Christmas one year... Probably the Mom's and Pop's... LOL...
Sorry for the diversion from Pepper related posts....