The Dial-Up Days
By roadkill
23 Sep 2023 7:01 am in No Holds Barred Political Forum
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23 Sep 2023 7:01 am
23 Sep 2023 7:40 am
Ha ha. Probably the news was more trustworthy too.
my slow computer sure worked better then these days!
23 Sep 2023 7:44 am
23 Sep 2023 7:45 am
My first computer was on dial-up. I didn't realize just how slow it was. I thought something was wrong so I kept opening other sites and it just locked up and I had to shut it down and start over.sootedupCyndi » 23 Sep 2023, 7:40 am » wrote: ↑ Ha ha. Probably the news was more trustworthy too.
my slow computer sure worked better then these days!
Dial-up was not much better than a hollow log...and I could have gotten a hollow log cheaper. lol
23 Sep 2023 7:47 am
Me too. The pictures loaded real slow.roadkill » 23 Sep 2023, 7:45 am » wrote: ↑ My first computer was on dial-up. I didn't realize just how slow it was. I thought something was wrong so I kept opening other sites and it just locked up and I had to shut it down and start over.
Dial-up was not much better than a hollow log...and I could have gotten a hollow log cheaper. lol
And phone calls couldn't come in if a person was on it.
23 Sep 2023 7:51 am
sootedupCyndi » 23 Sep 2023, 7:47 am » wrote: ↑ Me too. The pictures loaded real slow.
And phone calls couldn't come in if a person was on it.
Ah yes...the good ole days. lol
23 Sep 2023 8:16 am
I stopped trusting the news in 1968. I was changing between 16 and 17 years old that revolution around the star.sooted up Cyndi » 23 Sep 2023, 7:40 am » wrote: ↑ Ha ha. Probably the news was more trustworthy too.
my slow computer sure worked better then these days!
23 Sep 2023 8:27 am
No one who used dial up will ever forget that sound, I luv it too but back then I hated it, it seemed to take forever.. and then you got a connection failed..sootedupCyndi » 23 Sep 2023, 7:44 am » wrote: ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRG0TqxLWc
Till this day- i still luv it!
23 Sep 2023 9:05 am
this was my first PC ... I still have it
it had a program on it called "prodigy"
it was pre internet and a few companies had their catalogs on it
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https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1 ... CiuDDQ.png
23 Sep 2023 9:09 am
Remember the TV show "The Outer Limits"?sootedupCyndi » 23 Sep 2023, 7:44 am » wrote: ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRG0TqxLWc
Till this day- i still luv it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8
23 Sep 2023 9:11 am
Mrkelly » 23 Sep 2023, 9:05 am » wrote: ↑ this was my first PC ... I still have it
it had a program on it called "prodigy"
it was pre internet and a few companies had their catalogs on it
[img]blob:1186b64e-8596-4e85-a1c5-a886b387e128[/img]
https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1 ... CiuDDQ.png
Sweeeet!
23 Sep 2023 9:12 am
OMG YES!!!roadkill » 23 Sep 2023, 9:09 am » wrote: ↑ Remember the TV show "The Outer Limits"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8
23 Sep 2023 9:19 am
Honest Cyndi...they really did control yer TV...and yer mind!!!
23 Sep 2023 9:29 am
It's all about control. Watch how I enter yer mind and command you to start typing.
23 Sep 2023 9:48 am
I'm still laughing at this one you posted. maybe someone else will get a chuckle.roadkill » 23 Sep 2023, 9:29 am » wrote: ↑ It's all about control. Watch how I enter yer mind and command you to start typing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjOUc7rKtPQ&t=1s
23 Sep 2023 9:56 am
the hard drive was 512K
you had to know basic computer language to use it
I get it out every once in awhile to show the Gkids
and see if I remember how to get around on it
even on the mono Crome screen it had a decent golf game
early 80s
i thought I was hot ****
23 Sep 2023 10:24 am
Mrkelly » 23 Sep 2023, 9:56 am » wrote: ↑ the hard drive was 512K
you had to know basic computer language to use it
I get it out every once in awhile to show the Gkids
and see if I remember how to get around on it
even on the mono Crome screen it had a decent golf game
early 80s
i thought I was hot ****
My first computer was a HP and I think it was 512k too.
My current computer was free. Dell Optiplex 7010.
A friend of mine is a retired math teacher from our local college, U of M. While he was still there they started a new dept and bought a bunch of these computers.
Then they cancelled the new dept and were planning on sending all those new computers to Japan to be shredded. What a waste!
So my buddy said **** that and he grabbed 5 of them and took them home. He gave me and another friend a brand new computer. I love it.
23 Sep 2023 10:26 am
sootedupCyndi » 23 Sep 2023, 9:48 am » wrote: ↑ I'm still laughing at this one you posted. maybe someone else will get a chuckle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjOUc7rKtPQ&t=1s
Amazing!
23 Sep 2023 11:08 am
That is cool! smart of you to save that. Its a piece of history! luv itMrkelly » 23 Sep 2023, 9:56 am » wrote: ↑ the hard drive was 512K
you had to know basic computer language to use it
I get it out every once in awhile to show the Gkids
and see if I remember how to get around on it
even on the mono Crome screen it had a decent golf game
early 80s
i thought I was hot ****
24 Sep 2023 2:07 am
I had one of these, 64k memory with a taperecorder as a hard drive and a tv as monitor.. it looks like something out of the stone age now but it was fun, those videogames were really addictive..Mrkelly » 23 Sep 2023, 9:56 am » wrote: ↑ the hard drive was 512K
you had to know basic computer language to use it
I get it out every once in awhile to show the Gkids
and see if I remember how to get around on it
even on the mono Crome screen it had a decent golf game
early 80s
i thought I was hot ****
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