tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post5855014743423509522..comments2023-10-22T06:15:30.760-04:00Comments on Boomer Musings: Does This Compute?Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-81745685926469992682011-02-22T21:05:27.274-05:002011-02-22T21:05:27.274-05:00I started using the Internet over a 300 baud modem...I started using the Internet over a 300 baud modem and a friend of mine wanted me to upgrade to something faster. At time time everything was all text and the screen would fill up faster than I could read so I didn't get what all the hubbub was about needing something faster.<br><br>In retrospect that seems really ridiculous and funny but I didn't see where things were going since it was all just text email and bulletin boards. No web for several years later.<br><br>What a cool world.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115002505324651653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-30826231243134677782009-03-27T23:53:00.000-04:002009-03-27T23:53:00.000-04:00I started using the Internet over a 300 baud modem...I started using the Internet over a 300 baud modem and a friend of mine wanted me to upgrade to something faster. At time time everything was all text and the screen would fill up faster than I could read so I didn't get what all the hubbub was about needing something faster.<BR/><BR/>In retrospect that seems really ridiculous and funny but I didn't see where things were going since it was all just text email and bulletin boards. No web for several years later.<BR/><BR/>What a cool world.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115002505324651653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-56463220794344054402009-03-25T13:25:00.000-04:002009-03-25T13:25:00.000-04:00My Dad was telling me how he had his first electro...My Dad was telling me how he had his first electronic caluclator for his business - on hire!<BR/><BR/>I also think it's amazing that modern cars have more processing power than the Appollo moon missions.The Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051844634899994750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-70855637150561617992009-03-25T08:06:00.000-04:002009-03-25T08:06:00.000-04:00Neo - In 1977 Pacific Telephone sent me off to a s...Neo - In 1977 Pacific Telephone sent me off to a school on a computerized long distance switching system. This was the first fully digital switching system. It made sense to me. When I got through that (15 weeks stretched over 4 1/2 months), I was hooked. When I returned, I worked with a DEC PDP-11 and then helping install the switching system. It was not until 1981 that I got that Osborne. I got into Unix and C (though I've forgotten most of it now) In 1986, I bought my first PC clone. By 1989, I was putting my own PCs together and running a BBS. By 1996, I was connecting to the internet and had been through countless computers.<BR/>I may volunteer for that digital implant...Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-16181495091545702212009-03-24T18:23:00.000-04:002009-03-24T18:23:00.000-04:00back before 1978 had a neighbor his dad would brin...back before 1978 had a neighbor his dad would bring home a 'hefty biefcase and plug the phone up to it and tell me he was networking with his dads work, I was a bit intreigued but took me till 2003 to bet my fist pc. Had a little experience on a "non- internet computer back in 96 or so. Wife bought a computer we didn't go internet. Again intriqued in 03 met a guy who knew computers networking and internet and I began to learn. Now I feel like a newby again learning VistaNeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16739762694942621947noreply@blogger.com