Remember Old Slow Computers

[Fresno]

I Remember Old Slow Computers. My first computer was a Laser XT. Man was it slow, before the internet and windows.

Then windows and the internet came, I still had the Laser XT and not enough money to buy a new computer, so I bought a soda board.

For those of you who don't know what a soda board is. It was a board that hooks to the spot where your possessor chip goes and allowed you to up grade the possessor.

I also bought a sound card, video card,windows 3.1 and a modem. All to go online. Still a lot cheaper than a new computer at that time.

I stared posting back then and it sure took a long time to post one post.

It could take up to 20 mins to post one post.

This much better know you post and your done.


Thanks for reading

PS:

If you remember the old computers, let me know here and what kind you had.

 

[FAH-Q]

old computers were not slow. its the internet and all these programs we have now that are slow. i remember the old apple computers. they werent slow. i could play those games pretty fast. :2 cents:

 

[marquis2]

The first electronic computer (1943) wasn't that slow Quote
"The parallel design of Colossus made it incredibly fast even by today’s standards, a modern Pentium PC programmed to do the same decoding task taking twice as long to break the code."

 

[L3ggy]

I don't remember any slow old computers.

 

[poggy]

Lets go back even further...

http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=56592

 

[marquis2]

This is what we all had in the 1980s , after the zx80 it seemed very fast and powerful!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

 

[L3ggy]

The computer i remember from the 80's is the MSX(the original console for Metal Gear).

 

[Eric Lindros]

The computer i remember from the 80's is the MSX(the original console for Metal Gear).

My first computer from the 80's? A Commodore 64.

Just playing games....

 

[Chrism86354]

my first computer was an old compaq...boy did that thing suck

 

[dick van cock]

Oh yeah! I do remember my first computer!

 

[dave_rhino]

I remember having AOL dialup. The noise it made when it connected still echoes in my mind. It's kind of haunting....

 

[member006]

My first :o *wonders should I tell this. It is personal first time info.* was a Packard Bell. Not slow but the dial-up certainly was.

I do remember as a child my Aunt had a machine the size of a large organ in the basement of her house. She and my mom, both being stay at home mothers made extra cash punching rectangular holes in cards for big computers. I did some too, it was fun not work to a child.

LL

 

[slowhand]

I remember my first it was a Compaq it was not slow but it did have grinding noise that drove my crazy lol. and the connection was slow I had AOL and it was a bit slow.

 

[Fresno]

My fist ISP was a free Isp called worldspy.

No way to mute modem.

 

[Fresno]

My first :o *wonders should I tell this. It is personal first time info.* was a Packard Bell. Not slow but the dial-up certainly was.

I do remember as a child my Aunt had a machine the size of a large organ in the basement of her house. She and my mom, both being stay at home mothers made extra cash punching rectangular holes in cards for big computers. I did some too, it was fun not work to a child.

LL

Your aunts computer sounds like a laser xp or a computer as old.

 

[squallumz]

i had an emachine 266 with a cyrix chip. it was sweet.

 

[pitino]

Amstrad CPC 464 back in 1984! and it wasn't slow at all!

 

[member006]

Your aunts computer sounds like a laser xp or a computer as old.

They punched out and boxed back up these type cards. :dunno: For big huge computers I think. I never understood it. I did have great fun making some really cool houses and other things stapling the thick cards together into different shapes.

http://www.museumwaalsdorp.nl/computer/en/punchcards.html

LL

 

[Fresno]

They punched out and boxed back up these type cards. :dunno: For big huge computers I think. I never understood it. I did have great fun making some really cool houses and other things stapling the thick cards together into different shapes.

http://www.museumwaalsdorp.nl/computer/en/punchcards.html

LL

Cool old punchers Thanks for the link.

 

[BlueBalls]

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