| Dartos 2005-11-30, 10:54 am |
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> We will be able to post all we want about those "good old days", but
> decades from now our words will have little relevance to most readers. Our kids
> will not be able to imagine what life was like before the personal computer;
> yet I can easily remember the days when the idea of a home computer seemed at
> least as futuristic (crazy?) as the idea of owning your own personal
> intergalactic flying saucer. As it turned out, my daughter learned her alphabet
> on my Ohio Scientific C1P "basic in ROM" computer.
> http://www.old-computers.com/museum....asp?st=1&c=813 Little doubt, we
> had the first personal computer for miles around our house.
>
> Vaughn
I had a taste of the previous 'good old days' growing up. No TV. No
indoor plumbing. Kerosene cook stove in the kitchen. Potbelly stove
for heat. Never heard of air conditioning. No phone.
It was sure different than how I live now.
Dartos
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