Ever Long For The "Good Ol Days" Of Computers?

[Chadeaux]

Ever Long For The "Good Ol' Days" Of Computers?

Ah, the good ol' days of computing! No spyware, no ads on your computer, no spam!

Now, a nice dose of reality:

Want a ten megabyte hard drive? Only about $3,700.00 but for about $5,000 you could get a 26 megabyte hard drive.



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[Nitric]

I'm glad we are further than this though!

 

[Chadeaux]

What's the speed on that thing? 1/4 hz?

 

[Nitric]

What's the speed on that thing? 1/4 hz?

Yes, It's a 1 arm hz!

 

[NHBandit]

Several years ago the very first "computer" I ever bought was a Tandy TRS80 I paid $5 for in a junk shop. It used cassette tapes. Never got it to work and finally threw it away.. Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 model I computer

 

[jerseyben]

When I was a kid, my parents asked me if I wanted something called a PC or to go on a vacation that year. I chose the PC. It was the first iteration of Windows that was available to a mass consumer market. Yes... The good ol days!

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Several years ago the very first "computer" I ever bought was a Tandy TRS80 I paid $5 for in a junk shop. It used cassette tapes. Never got it to work and finally threw it away.. Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 model I computer

Had one, too... NEVER worked; still got it... worth anything...?

 

[jerseyben]

Had one, too... NEVER worked; still got it... worth anything...?

$50-100 if you have everything and it is in good condition.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

$50-100 if you have everything and it is in good condition.

OK, THANKS!

 

[Muddyhandz]

Never had anything that old but was quite proficient with an Apple 2E during the mid 1980's.
I will say that there's a golden age of operating systems for Windows......
Windows 95 was great but Windows 97 second edition was da bomb!
2000 ME sucked but XP was good. I stayed with XP until spring of this year and skipped past the awful Vista right to Windows 7 pro.
Won't touch Windows 8 as I heard it's terrible. Are things getting worse as we "advance?"
I don't miss MS-DOS (still love the old RPG games) but do long for that '97 2nd Ed. again! Or even XP.
Still free from telecommunication devices but know one day they will reign supreme and home P.C's will be obsolete.
Cheers,
Dave.

 

[Chadeaux]

Yeah, 98 rocked for its time. ME and Vi$ta were just money grabs between Operating Systems ... blending the WORST of both.

If you like the old DOS games, get a copy of the free "DOSBox" and you can play them once again even in Windows 8. I have "Mig 29 Super Fulcrum" and "Jack Nicklaus Signature Edition" that I play regularly that way.

Windows 8 has gotten a bad rapp, even from me (before I actually started using it daily). It is my favorite OS after installing version 8.1 - and I'm a gamer.

Games LOVE windows 8.1. My only problem has been trying to get 16 bit games to run in a 64 bit OS. Since you like Windows 98, go to Microsoft and get their "Virtual Machine" and use it to install Windows 98 inside of Windows 8 and even "Redneck Rampage" and "Need For Speed - High Stakes" run like you remember.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

First hard drive I bought I believe was almost 900 meg...Wahooooo! I remember thinking how can I ever use that much data space....

Now I'm running three 1 Terabyte drives mirrored...

 

[Oregon Viking]

My first computer had windows 95. it was a used NEC, guy I bought it from said you will never need more the 256 MB of RAM, or more the 15 Gig HD. Now I have Three 500 Gig HD's and 16 Gigs of ram! whoa....Wow dial up was a PITA. I remember as a teen having records, then recording them to "Cassette" so we could take them with us. Then cd's, now I had to start all over! Now the joy of Itunes, 5,000 albums that can be put on an Ipod and be taken with you!