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Insane Dutchman
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 960
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Whenever I see those old machines, first of all it brings back memories....like installing the first VAX Cluster in Canada and having 1.8gB of storage, made up of 456mb hard drives each the size of a filing cabinet. Or doing tech support (the only one) for the first 14 IBM PC's at Shell Canada, and seeing the lineups form behind each machine as they used Visicalc instead of programmed spread sheets. Sigh.
Then I get REALLY ticked at how much of my current machine, which is some several thousands of times faster than the first PC and which is not doing a heck of a lot more for me. Yes Word processing is better....but not that much better, my use of Excel would probably work as well on Visicalc (I know, I am not an MBA so I really don't know the Power of the PowerPoint to shape the Truth).
Don't even get me started on how good my first Apple (a Lisa) was.....
Dennis
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1989 911 Carrera Project Car
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