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Don't Panic
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IBM PS/1 486 processor. Little tank, I've though about pitching it but what a little beast. It had the best keyboard and mouse I've ever owned.

I think there are adapters that would let you use those on newer machines, if you ever do retire the box itself.
 
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Serenity now!
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I've got a couple of old Commodore 64's in a box in the garage, and a 30 year old HP32 scientific calculator. It's my go-to calculator - after using it for so long, I can't go back to algebraic.

Oh, a couple of years ago I got my family's old Atari 2600 from about 1981. I fired it up and played Asteroids, and my kids were *not* impressed.



Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
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Spread the Disease
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256Mb thumb drive


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I've got a couple of old Commodore 64's in a box in the garage, and a 30 year old HP32 scientific calculator. It's my go-to calculator - after using it for so long, I can't go back to algebraic.

Oh, a couple of years ago I got my family's old Atari 2600 from about 1981. I fired it up and played Asteroids, and my kids were *not* impressed.
So, take away all their electronic toys, unplug the TV and computer, and tell them to play board games and go outside for a week--let them know what it was like in your childhood. They might then realize what a revelation it was to have the Atari back then.

flashguy (and yes, I grew up before there was TV)




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Apple II, 1979; Original Macintosh, 1984


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I have a Palm T/X laying around somewhere in my office. Played A LOT of solitaire on that sumbitch.
 
Posts: 2438 | Location: Winter Garden, FL | Registered: September 04, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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We recently unearthed my wife's 386SX Compu-add lap top. It replaced our desk top that had the upgraded memory 1 Meg of RAM. 'More than we could ever need' or so we told.

We ate ramin noodles and liver burgers to afford the 100 bucks a calculator cost in 1973 we attended grad school. Sigh.

We thought our web-tv and dial up was great when we found out about the internet.

O the times they are a changin'.
 
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