You know you've been around computers a while...

[WesFlash]

You know you've been around computers for a while when...

1. You owned a modem that was formed for the hand set to fit in it.
2. When a hard drive weighed as much or more than a sack of potatoes.
3. You had a PC with a Zilog chip in it.
4. You played games on computers that had no graphics, just text.
5. When keyboard keys came in a standard BLACK color.

Anyone got any others? Please add them.

[opiate]

If your computer had a monacrome monitor.
If your computer did not have a mouse.
If the apple OS looked allot like your pc OS.
If you can take short 30 minute naps when you reboot your computer.
If your laptop weighted more than your 1 year old son.
If you operated a global hacker BBS in the early 90's.
If you could write faster that your pinter could print.
If you said Personal Computer insted of PC.
If you thought the internet would never last.

[Drone2903]

You know you've been around computers for a while when...

1- Your "computer" was a retrofit board for a terminal (VT-180 anyone ?)
2- A "portable computer" was 45 pounds, had 2 full sized 5 1/4 floppy, a 5" black and white monitor, 640k ram and was the top of the line ! (Osbourne anyone ?)
3- The OS was CP/M
4- An upgrade was to fit a Nec V20
5- You know wordstar dot commands
6- lettre quality printer = dasy wheel

....god Im old....

[ephmynus]

When you looked at graphics (if your computer supported it) each pixel was clearly defined with noticeable lines between it and the next.

You could hook up to the internet but it was all text based

You had a computer that, with the push of a button, would clear all contents from your hard drive (loved them Tandy's)

Programming meant reaching into your briefcase and pulling stacks of punchcards out

You ever made anything in the Turtle graphics program.

[Stalemate]

[quote]Originally posted by WesFlash:
<strong>You know you've been around computers for a while when...

...4. You played games on computers that had no graphics, just text...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Zork, Planetfall, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... Aaahhhh, the memories

You know you've been around computers for a while when...

Your state of the art color monitor diplays 256 colors.

PCs from IBM and others were not considered a threat to Apple's stranglehold on the home market.

Joysticks had 2 buttons, maximum and single-button mice were devices for the gadget-hungry.

There was no such thing as an office applications suite.

[cc_penguin]

When your tape drive actually would take a cassette tape (Had one with my C64)

[Sowulo]

[quote]Originally posted by cc_penguin:
<strong>When your tape drive actually would take a cassette tape (Had one with my C64)</strong><hr></blockquote>

When the second computer you learned to program had pull out panels so you could hard-wire your logic conditions....(IBM System III--1969)

When the 4th computer you owned had an optional data-set cassette storage...(Atari 400)

[macg]

10 inch disks.

[Major Kong]

As a field engineer for the last +20 years:
1. Your Laptop was when your slide rule fell into your lap.
2. A PDA was a 5mm mechanical pencil and small notepad.
3. A high dollar programmable device were the modules you could use with your fancy Texas Instruments geometric/engineering calculator.
3. A abacus was something you actually were tought how to use, not read about in a history book.
4. An abney hand level was considered a major upgrade!

[Outcoded]

[quote]Originally posted by opiate:
<strong>If you can take short 30 minute naps when you reboot your computer.</strong><hr></blockquote>

You oughta try 2K, some things never change

[cc_penguin]

[quote]Originally posted by Outcoded:
<strong>

You oughta try 2K, some things never change </strong><hr></blockquote>

And "they" say the best never rest.Ha

[mahdi]

You know what CGA is
You had 16 color games thought they were the best (some still are )
A text adventure with pictures was 'revolutionary'
You had to flip the take over and wait another 30 minutes to finish loading a program
Thought modems were 'only used in the movies' and required that big rubber thing
You stayed away from computers until they got rid of those infernal punch cards

[Sowulo]

[quote]Originally posted by mahdi:
<strong>Thought modems were 'only used in the movies' and required that big rubber thing
</strong><hr></blockquote>

You know that big rubber thing is called an "acoustic coupler."

[Zerotech]

Your monochrome monitor was green.
You ALWAYS printed on 11x17 greenbar paper.
You were able to upgrade from the 10-inch monster disks to new, innovative, compact 8-inchers.
COBOL, SNOBOL, APL, CP/M, WATFOR and WATFIV were all the alternative languages you needed.
1MB of system RAM was ultra-deluxe.
You could proudly say your processor ran in the MEGAhertz range.

[MacGyver]

You've ever used a keyboard with 84 keys.

You have ever paid more than $200 for 1 meg of RAM.

Your computer had dual 5 1/4" floppies.

The day you upgraded from a monochrome monitor to a colour one was the happiest day of your life.

Your first hard disk was on an ISA hard disk card.

Your current computer has more storage space in RAM than your first computer did in hard disk space.

You know what a PCjr is.

You've ever owned a 1200 baud modem.

You've ever played the ORIGINAL "Test Drive" game from Accolade. (man that game rocked)

You've played any one of Police Quest 1, Kings Quest 1, or Space Quest 1.

Your first computer didn't have a clock in it and DOS always asked for the time when you booted. Of course, you just press enter twice and settle for 1 minute past midnight on January 1, 1980.

You currently have an ICQ number of 7 digits or less.