Those were the days
Jan. 25, 2006 at 7:06 PM
PC World released its list of The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years. Number 27 brought me back to my college days. Does anyone else remember using the Commodore 64? Or am I dating myself to the museum of ancient history along with punch card readers. Please don't tell me you don't know what those are!?! I have literally watched macho college guys reduced to a puddle of tears as 1000 cards fall to the floor. "All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put those cards back in order again." If you don't know what I'm talking then count your blessings and quit complaining about how hard your school work is. You don't know how easy you've got it. Gosh! I sound just like my parents!
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posted by momofgirls on Jan. 25, 2006 at 10:54 PM
And I remember in 6th grade, someone brought a computer to school and pushed it around on a cart from room to room just to show us. We didn't get to use it, but we oohed and ahhed over it. LOL!
posted by spunkyhomeschool on Jan. 25, 2006 at 10:59 PM
An apple for the teacher! That's what we used to say!
posted by iluvtheland on Jan. 25, 2006 at 11:40 PM
It's my dd's who remember the Commodore 64. I remember the funny little Radio Shack Color Computer that did absolutely nothing that my dh brought home one day.
In college, the computer that took up an entire huge room was only capable of doing test scoring for the students who took test "on the computer" which was our big thrill of college life. And when my kids were little, they used to make holiday wreathes and other crafts out of all those punch cards that area companies had discarded.
Man, you just made me feel REALLY, REALLY OLD!!!
Kathy
posted by Tressa on Jan. 26, 2006 at 1:02 AM
I remember the Commodore 64. My brother and I would spend an entire day typing in a long program just so we could use the number keys as a piano. Crazy!
posted by Boltbabe on Jan. 26, 2006 at 8:30 AM
I remember whent eh 64 came out. It was put on their budget line to replace the existing computerasaurus. I also remember learning logo and those noisy printers. Thanks for the memories. =)
posted by bwktbarr on Jan. 26, 2006 at 8:52 AM
We had a Commodore 64! My parents put one game on it-- Radar Rat Race. You led the rat through a maze so he could eat up the cheese on the way.
I had forgotten about that.