remember when pc edition

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  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I remember entering commands into the C/:

    You know C-prompt. (edited because I don't remember if that is the right way for the backslash)
    C:\

    Yeah... that looks right. LOL!
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 775 Member
    well it isn't "pc"
    but I started out with the damn "webtv" slooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
    (it was my first taste of internet) :smokin:
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    My TRS-80 runs on cassettes and still works!!! Wish i still had my 8080 BBS hook up....

    *Trash 80 Fist Bump* the TRS-80 was my first computer also. ever play shanghai trader. it think it had 1 bit graphic. :laugh:

    YEAH BABY!

    Never played Shanghai Trader, but what about "Deathmaze 2000?"
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    My TRS-80 runs on cassettes and still works!!! Wish i still had my 8080 BBS hook up....

    *Trash 80 Fist Bump* the TRS-80 was my first computer also. ever play shanghai trader. it think it had 1 bit graphic. :laugh:

    YEAH BABY!

    Never played Shanghai Trader, but what about "Deathmaze 2000?"

    I'm going to load up Pengo tonight!!!!!
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Please insert the diskette labeled "Disk #4", Side B. And hit the space bar to continue.
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Oh - my bad- it was Deathmaze FIVE thousand...

    http://www.swobi.at/asylum/asylum.html#dm5000
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    Please insert the diskette labeled "Disk #4", Side B. And hit the space bar to continue.
    *head desk slam, wait 5 min, repeat* disk swapping was the bane of my existence on my GF's first "Fat Mac" ( 512k baby)
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Please insert the diskette labeled "Disk #4", Side B. And hit the space bar to continue.

    Now cue the repetitive buzzing/honking sound that means your disk has gone bad.
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    Please insert the diskette labeled "Disk #4", Side B. And hit the space bar to continue.

    Now cue the repetitive buzzing/honking sound that means your disk has gone bad.

    Ahh yes....Forgotten Realms Pool of Radiance 4 - 5 1/4" disks...double sided, double density

    Anyone remember FID??
  • rjt1000
    rjt1000 Posts: 700 Member
    bored figured I would take a trip down memory lane with computers. remember when:

    all computers were slow and you had to wait minutes to connect to the internet?

    you would Im someone and then get kicked off the server and have to reboot?

    you would get the "blue screen of death"?

    your email ended with either "@AOL.com" or @cs.com.. mine was cs?

    feel free to add more

    When ADA was going to be the one and only programming language?
    When a PC Portable weighed about 30 pounds and was the size of a suitcase?
    The original Ultima game?
  • rjt1000
    rjt1000 Posts: 700 Member
    well it isn't "pc"
    but I started out with the damn "webtv" slooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
    (it was my first taste of internet) :smokin:

    webtv? aaahhh, and then microsoft bought the company and shut it down.....
  • mrmarius
    mrmarius Posts: 1,802 Member
    how about when people st arted using excite.com instead of yahoo
  • aki7chien
    aki7chien Posts: 85 Member
    When my email address ended with @juno.com

    ANYONE remember them?????? I actually worked tech support for them in the late 90's.

    LOL! I still have and use my Juno e-mail :smokin:
  • aki7chien
    aki7chien Posts: 85 Member
    How about editing websites using HTML code?
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    Remember when you actually had to type in commands to open Windows boxes waaaaaay back in the day, because there wasn't a mouse?

    Installing programs required 5 floppy drives, because the installation files had more memory than one floppy could hold? Took forever to get Oregon Trail going, and back then, it was all pixelated, because the graphics were so bad.

    My first email address ended in @juno.com, and dial-up took at least 3 minutes to connect, and some websites wouldn't even load, because there was too much information. This one page would have taken a good 5 minute to load, and the IE would probably have crashed, haha.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    How about editing websites using HTML code?


    that still happens today :)
  • aki7chien
    aki7chien Posts: 85 Member
    How about editing websites using HTML code?


    that still happens today :)

    I know, but not the "good" ones LOL!
  • BostonMatt
    BostonMatt Posts: 258
    You've got mail.
  • Bob314159
    Bob314159 Posts: 1,178 Member
    I remember fondly my first computer - it was three boxes each about 5'x4'x6', a typewriter (no screen) and had 40K - yes 40,000 bytes


    The printer was in another room and not connected to the computer --- much too hard to explain how it printed.

    Disk drives were optional and were the size of a washing machine and held 2 million characters
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    when ICQ was the coolest because you could actually chat with people from other countries while being reduced to a number
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    I remember getting AOL 3.1, first 90 hours free and still getting a $300 bill at the end of the first month. My parents were pissed.

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