The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
- Thread starter oldbrownhat
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I started out with DOS with a mono monitor, when I got an RGB monitor, and I was in high cotton. I can still remember some of the DOS
commands. /FR
When I was a senior in H.S. I worked part time at our State Department of Commerce. (1970) We had a state of the art computer that ran our Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Compensation departments. It was an IBM 360 (if I remember correctly) It took up about 2,000 square feet of space, dozens of people to operate it and it demanded tons of air conditioning to run the reel to reel tapes and sort the data. It most likely had less computing ability than a smart watch. It was a harbinger of the beginning of the end...
commands. /FR
When I was a senior in H.S. I worked part time at our State Department of Commerce. (1970) We had a state of the art computer that ran our Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Compensation departments. It was an IBM 360 (if I remember correctly) It took up about 2,000 square feet of space, dozens of people to operate it and it demanded tons of air conditioning to run the reel to reel tapes and sort the data. It most likely had less computing ability than a smart watch. It was a harbinger of the beginning of the end...
DWalt
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I wonder if floppies of any size are still available. I suppose there may be as there are still some elderly computers remaining in use. I believe I may still have a couple of dozen in both sizes left over from the old days. I sort of remember installing a 5-1/4" floppy drive in my Tandy 1000. I was thinking about another early computer I used called a Compaq. Sort of portable but the size of small suitcase. It had about an 8" monochrome display. Fairly heavy to be a portable. PITA to use.
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