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Re: Age average
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:47:15 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Eric Kingsley writes:
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> > > I also remember when if you asked someone if there would ever be a PC in
> > > your home they would have locked you up in a mental institution.
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> > Commodores, Amstrads, Spectrums and the like were available at the end of
> > 1970's (1979?), weren't they?
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> Yes and we had one of the first Apple II+ computers around 1978 or 1979 I • think
> (not to clear as far as the date). We thought it was the best thing ever. It
> had 2 5-1/2 inch floppy drives and that was it.
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> About 2 years latter we upgraded it to have a 10 meg hard drive. I clearly
> remembering saying "How could you ever use up 10 Meg's!!" :). I also remember
> my father saying that it was very expensive like around $5,000 or more.
> Needless to say computers were not commonplace in homes until probably the • late
> '80s or early '90s when hardware prices started to fall.
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> I do remember the years before the home PC though. It is funny because I
> though I would never have things to say to my Kids like my parents or
> grandparents said to me. Things like.
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> "I remember when we didn't have TV's"
> "I remember when we didn't have cars"
> "I remember when we used to heat our house with our fireplace"
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> It is really facinating to think that we will be able to say things like this
> to our kids. Things like.
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> "I remember when we didn't have home computers"
> "I remember when we didn't have cable TV"
> "I remember when we didn't have a Microwave oven"
> "I remember when we used to read books made out of paper" :-)
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> Just imagine the things our kids will be able to say to their kids...
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> follow-ups set to off-topic.fun
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> Eric
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> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
They may say- "I remember when Lego bricks were actually made out of plastic,
and you actually built things with them instead of just playing on the "holo-
table" with them!
Chris
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