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Teens react to Windows 95
Posted on 3/10/16 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 3/10/16 at 12:08 pm
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Posted on 3/10/16 at 12:13 pm to Street Hawk
more like teens react to seeing a computer without built-in internet capabilities
Posted on 3/10/16 at 12:17 pm to Street Hawk
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What OS did your first personal computer have?
Amiga OS
Posted on 3/10/16 at 12:36 pm to Street Hawk
These kids have no idea. I remember the Commodore Vic 20, the precursor to the Commodore 64. Your "disk" was cassette tapes, and yes, there was rewinding involved. I was pretty young so I don't remember all the details, but I do remember some counter on the tape recorder. You didn't click on a file, you fast forwarded and rewound to find something 
Here's an article talking about some earlier computer including the Vic 20.
LINK
Here's an article talking about some earlier computer including the Vic 20.
LINK
This post was edited on 3/10/16 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 3/10/16 at 12:39 pm to Street Hawk
Vic 20 with the cassette tape
Commodore 64
First modem was an external 300 baud.
I remember using my allowance to add a sound card to one of our computers.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 12:45 pm to CubsFanBudMan
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Commodore 64
And I said "Amiga OS" because of the way the question was prefaced, but, yeah, no shite - I had a C64 as well. So, I need to revise and extend my answer. I did not have a Vic 20.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 1:10 pm to TigerinATL
We had the cassette player. You had to let the tape play through to load the game in the computer's RAM before you could play. If it messed up or you cut the power during the game you had to start over
Posted on 3/10/16 at 1:26 pm to Street Hawk
My first computer was an IBM XT running DOS 3.11
Posted on 3/10/16 at 1:29 pm to Ace Midnight
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Amiga OS
really? so lets see if you're lying:
- what version of kickstart?
- what amiga model?
- know any of the 'easter eggs' left by the original programmers when commodore screwed the pooch?
- what is the most famous amiga symbol
- what made amigas so much better than other PCs?
- who bought amiga after they went belly up?
Posted on 3/10/16 at 1:29 pm to Street Hawk
Would rather see their reaction to DOS
Posted on 3/10/16 at 1:42 pm to CAD703X
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what version of kickstart?
I have a good memory, can't say on that.
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- what amiga model?
500 - I was a poor.
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- know any of the 'easter eggs' left by the original programmers when commodore screwed the pooch?
Don't recall any.
quote:
- what is the most famous amiga symbol
Not sure what you mean here, other than the logo.
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- what made amigas so much better than other PCs?
A/V capabilities, particularly video resolution - way, way ahead of their time compared to comparable "business" PCs or Apple home computers of the day.
In particular the Video Toaster (among other capabilities) had Amigas in use in films and video editing well after the obsolescence of the platform - well in the late 90s and early 00s.
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who bought amiga after they went belly up?
I didn't look up any of my answers (I did look at some images to see if I could figure out what you meant by "symbol") - but, my best guess here is Dick Van Dyke -
Posted on 3/10/16 at 1:44 pm to kywildcatfanone
DOS 5.1 with wordperfect 5.1 was the first computer I used. Upgrading to win 3.1 was awesome.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 2:15 pm to Street Hawk
quote:
What OS did your first personal computer have?
DOS
Posted on 3/10/16 at 2:21 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:
what version of kickstart?
I have a good memory, can't say on that.
1.2 was the gold standard
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500 - I was a poor.
1000 ftmfw!
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Don't recall any.
hold down the F1 button (i believe) while inserting a 3.5 disk and it says "amiga born a champ" at bottom of workbench screen
continue holding that down while you then eject the disk and it says "we built it, they frickED IT UP"
quote:
what is the most famous amiga symbol
Not sure what you mean here, other than the logo.
quote:
A/V capabilities, particularly video resolution - way, way ahead of their time compared to comparable "business" PCs or Apple home computers of the day.
In particular the Video Toaster (among other capabilities) had Amigas in use in films and video editing well after the obsolescence of the platform - well in the late 90s and early 00s.
true multitasking kernel the likes of which even God has never seen!!!
they are ***STILL*** trying to replicate the elegance and speed of graphics with Intel i7s.
its 30 years later and they still can't match the amiga.
LINK
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It has the Commodore OS Vision Linux distribution and Intel's Core i7-2700K processor, an enthusiast chip that can be overclocked. The company has tried to recreate the powerful processing and graphics capabilities of yore and is targeting the new Amiga at gaming, workstation and home theater use.
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I didn't look up any of my answers (I did look at some images to see if I could figure out what you meant by "symbol") - but, my best guess here is Dick Van Dyke
nice guess. he was definitely a fan of the 'toaster and my brother worked for newtek for a number of years and became pretty good friends with him.
but no..it was gateway computer.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 2:30 pm to CAD703X
I don't remember the Boing ball at all - and I was a CBM guy from the mid-80s all the way to the bitter end. I take your word for it, but it missed me.
I almost said "1.2" - hand to G-d - but I didn't want to do that without looking it up.
Since I looked it up after I answered, looks like Gateway ended up with some (heck, maybe all) of the patents and such, but didn't a German PC company get the residual business operation?
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1.2 was the gold standard
I almost said "1.2" - hand to G-d - but I didn't want to do that without looking it up.
quote:
but no..it was gateway computer.
Since I looked it up after I answered, looks like Gateway ended up with some (heck, maybe all) of the patents and such, but didn't a German PC company get the residual business operation?
Posted on 3/10/16 at 2:47 pm to CAD703X
Boing, that brings back some memories.
People need to realize that the Amiga was basically like a 4K TV in an age of old tube TVs. The world just wasn't ready for it.
Bard's Tale on Commodore 64
Bard's Tale on Amiga
I'm sure there are even more stark examples, that's just a game that I remember having that friends with C64's had as well.
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they are ***STILL*** trying to replicate the elegance and speed of graphics
People need to realize that the Amiga was basically like a 4K TV in an age of old tube TVs. The world just wasn't ready for it.
Bard's Tale on Commodore 64
Bard's Tale on Amiga
I'm sure there are even more stark examples, that's just a game that I remember having that friends with C64's had as well.
This post was edited on 3/10/16 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 3/10/16 at 2:49 pm to TigerinATL
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Bard's Tale
I lost a lot of time on both versions of that game.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 3:00 pm to Street Hawk
Did they log into an AOL chat and ask ASL?
Posted on 3/10/16 at 3:21 pm to Street Hawk
I had a Tandy... so whatever that was.. similar to some MS DOS but more advanced(lol)
Posted on 3/10/16 at 3:47 pm to JohnZeroQ
whatever OS ran on T1-99a. I had to boot it from a tape drive.
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