Comments on: Confessions of a Tech-A-Saurus http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/ Welcome To The Planet's Weblog! Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Don http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-3553 Don Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:55:56 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-3553 My First computer was an IBM PS/2 486DX with 2MB RAM and a 25 MB Hard Drive. It had DOS and windows 3.1 (before the Microsoft copied the start button from mac's apple button), Back then they had "program manager" and AOL just started.. (what most knew as the 'internet') When AOL began they charged 19.95/month for 3 hours of online access each month. Back then, ebay and paypal did not exist, neither did google, or myspace. the internet was still pretty much nothing but a bunch of boring text. .... this was about 13-14 years ago. when I was in 6th grade.. I am simply AMAZED at how the world has changed since then. I can only imagine what my grand kids will be doing with this ever evolving technology. My First computer was an IBM PS/2 486DX with 2MB RAM and a 25 MB Hard Drive. It had DOS and windows 3.1 (before the Microsoft copied the start button from mac’s apple button), Back then they had “program manager” and AOL just started.. (what most knew as the ‘internet’) When AOL began they charged 19.95/month for 3 hours of online access each month. Back then, ebay and paypal did not exist, neither did google, or myspace. the internet was still pretty much nothing but a bunch of boring text.

…. this was about 13-14 years ago. when I was in 6th grade.. I am simply AMAZED at how the world has changed since then. I can only imagine what my grand kids will be doing with this ever evolving technology.

]]> By: MarkCaUsa (Forums) http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2630 MarkCaUsa (Forums) Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:45:31 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2630 Jonh, congratulations on this blog posting! It's fascinating for someone like me who is so young I've had CD's my entire life. Thanks for sharing! =D Jonh, congratulations on this blog posting! It’s fascinating for someone like me who is so young I’ve had CD’s my entire life.

Thanks for sharing!
=D

]]> By: Sara http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2627 Sara Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:32:58 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2627 wow dad. and now i teach you about your little ipod! wow dad.
and now i teach you about your little ipod!

]]> By: Robin http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2622 Robin Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:42:12 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2622 Oh and Yes, I did get my TRS in 1977 or ASAP I had my order in. Oh and Yes, I did get my TRS in 1977 or ASAP I had my order in.

]]> By: Robin http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2621 Robin Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:38:29 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2621 Sorry, But I don't want to think of myself in term of being older that a "Tech-A-Saurus" I remember when the big news of TRS-80 came out. All us dumb 12/13 years old calling each geek up about it. Yea we used our CB's to do just that. I can recall getting the Smokey and the bandit and how we laugh about the old jargon they used for the movie for CBing, and Yea right next to radioshack was the place we all hung out to play pinball. Pinball wizard still our song of the day from "Tommy." We were the true nerds of nerds, and had our own place to hand so no to have to deal with the Jocks. And there were many females, as myself, who did not anounce to the reg, population what we were into. We really had free range then our group. Both parents just "doing there own thing" leaving money on tables as we kids were called "lach key children." You myfriend would fall into the classification of "old school" those of us, we call ourselves "beyond Oldschool and Grassroots." I do FULLY understand were you are comming from, and would like to add, what we B.O.A.G's have added to that same topic above... the computing was just like our treehouse in our back yards, now look people have build cities in our treehouses." mediphorily speaking of course. You keep plugging away, like the reast of us. As my last child is about to leave the house and venture on his on path, so will the net. Peace to all, and keep all safe... Thanks for Reminding me John, those memories did need a little dusting. Peace Robin Sorry, But I don’t want to think of myself in term of being older that a “Tech-A-Saurus” I remember when the big news of TRS-80 came out. All us dumb 12/13 years old calling each geek up about it. Yea we used our CB’s to do just that. I can recall getting the Smokey and the bandit and how we laugh about the old jargon they used for the movie for CBing, and Yea right next to radioshack was the place we all hung out to play pinball. Pinball wizard still our song of the day from “Tommy.” We were the true nerds of nerds, and had our own place to hand so no to have to deal with the Jocks.

And there were many females, as myself, who did not anounce to the reg, population what we were into. We really had free range then our group. Both parents just “doing there own thing” leaving money on tables as we kids were called “lach key children.”

You myfriend would fall into the classification of “old school” those of us, we call ourselves “beyond Oldschool and Grassroots.”

I do FULLY understand were you are comming from, and would like to add, what we B.O.A.G’s have added to that same topic above…

the computing was just like our treehouse in our back yards, now look people have build cities in our treehouses.” mediphorily speaking of course.

You keep plugging away, like the reast of us. As my last child is about to leave the house and venture on his on path, so will the net.

Peace to all, and keep all safe…
Thanks for Reminding me John, those memories did need a little dusting.
Peace
Robin

]]> By: Dave http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2524 Dave Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:44:39 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2524 I'm betting that it was a 6 MEGABYTE hard drive, and we've thought of HDDs in terms of gigabytes for so long, it's an easy typo to make. Set your wayback machine to 1987 (my freshman year of HS), and my first HDD was a 20 megabyte external SCSI drive, attached to my Mac Plus. My dad had a HUGE 80 meg drive. Back then I wondered how he was EVER going to fill that much space, and now I have 1000 times that storage on my iPod, and it's not even the biggest model. I’m betting that it was a 6 MEGABYTE hard drive, and we’ve thought of HDDs in terms of gigabytes for so long, it’s an easy typo to make.

Set your wayback machine to 1987 (my freshman year of HS), and my first HDD was a 20 megabyte external SCSI drive, attached to my Mac Plus. My dad had a HUGE 80 meg drive. Back then I wondered how he was EVER going to fill that much space, and now I have 1000 times that storage on my iPod, and it’s not even the biggest model.

]]> By: Kevin Hazard, Web Hosting Evangelist http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2523 Kevin Hazard, Web Hosting Evangelist Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:13:48 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2523 Even though I referenced punch cards in my post, I can't say that I've actually seen one "in real life." So... Do you just print the data onto a card via a USB printer and then feed it back into the computer? ;-) Even though I referenced punch cards in my post, I can’t say that I’ve actually seen one “in real life.” So… Do you just print the data onto a card via a USB printer and then feed it back into the computer? ;-)

]]> By: Ciaran http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2520 Ciaran Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:24:54 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2520 (also, one more comment as I accidentally forgot to tick the email followup box, oops) (also, one more comment as I accidentally forgot to tick the email followup box, oops)

]]> By: Ciaran http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2519 Ciaran Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:24:09 +0000 http://blog.theplanet.com/2007/10/30/confessions-of-a-tech-a-saurus/#comment-2519 You had a DOS machine with a 6GB hard drive? That sounds *way* overkill... my first Windows 95 machine had a 1.6GB hard drive, and that box cost a lot! I'm guessing it was a business machine or something? I can't think of anything which would actually warrant a 6GB drive on a purely DOS machine, heh. You had a DOS machine with a 6GB hard drive? That sounds *way* overkill… my first Windows 95 machine had a 1.6GB hard drive, and that box cost a lot!

I’m guessing it was a business machine or something? I can’t think of anything which would actually warrant a 6GB drive on a purely DOS machine, heh.

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