Alice and Bill get the axe

[FoBoT]

Alice and Bill's web site

slashdot has a story that caught my eye

history lesson for the kiddies:
back in the day (before the intraweb), computer geeks would buy computer parts through something called "mail order". computer parts businesses would advertise in a "paper" catalog/magazine called the "Computer Shopper" , it was in its heyday about 1-2 inch thick monthly publication that was 80% ads and included a few tech articles about tech stuff

one of the normal columns/features was an offbeat column by Alice and Bill from the "Lab of Doom and Pepsi Cola" . it was something i liked to read , besides the ads

i guess they will continue their musings on the web site

 

[five40]

I loved getting computer shopper when it was super huge. It was like a dictionary.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
Alice and Bill's web site

slashdot has a story that caught my eye

history lesson for the kiddies:
back in the day (before the intraweb), computer geeks would buy computer parts through something called "mail order". computer parts businesses would advertise in a "paper" catalog/magazine called the "Computer Shopper" , it was in its heyday about 1-2 inch thick monthly publication that was 80% ads and included a few tech articles about tech stuff

one of the normal columns/features was an offbeat column by Alice and Bill from the "Lab of Doom and Pepsi Cola" . it was something i liked to read , besides the ads

i guess they will continue their musings on the web site

Talk about a flash from the past...

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: five40
I loved getting computer shopper when it was super huge. It was like a dictionary.

I remember those days!

 

[TheAudit]

I always read their articles in Computer Shopper.

 

[Gibson486]

wow, back in teh day when Gateway was Gateway 2000 (and the #2 computer maker), we had Quantex Computers, Packard Bell was around (before the merged with NEC), HP 722c was this huge deal of a printer, and the PII was a big deal....memories....

 

[DrPizza]

Wow, that was the first thing I turned to when I got my new Computer Shopper. 6 months of reading CS and I was ready to make my first computer purchase... and got a heckuva bargain because of that magazine.

 

[Fritzo]

I had a subscription to it...my mailman HATED me It was like a 1000 page monthly cataolg. It was fun to just page through it and find out who had the hot deals.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Alice is HOT!

 

[ActuaryTm]

Alas, I confess I will miss Alice and Bill's commentary and anecdotes.

In case it was overlooked, they are offering a free newsletter.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I had a subscription to it...my mailman HATED me It was like a 1000 page monthly cataolg. It was fun to just page through it and find out who had the hot deals.

Heh I had a subscription also.

But as for alice and bill i lost all respect for them when they got into a flameware a few years ago over AMD.

 

[waggy]

speaking of CS i just got it in the mail! wohoo!

 

[PanzerIV]

Those were the days. When I got back into computers around '95 I would pore over those pages looking at all of the stuff I couldn't afford.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: five40
I loved getting computer shopper when it was super huge. It was like a dictionary.

I used to order all myparts from it in the pre internet days

Ausm

 

[kranky]

Bought my first rig mail-order from an ad in CS. It was from a company called Ares in MN. Awesome machine for its day.

 

[Peetoeng]

CS was where I found local BBS numbers. 2400 bps, N-8-1. :disgust:

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Peetoeng

CS was where I found local BBS numbers. 2400 bps, N-8-1. :disgust:

Yep.. they had pages, listed by state, in the back of the catalog.

Those were the days...

 

[TheAudit]

Originally posted by: waggy
speaking of CS i just got it in the mail! wohoo!

Yeah, so did I. Free sub from Hot Deals.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: five40
I loved getting computer shopper when it was super huge. It was like a dictionary.

yea me too, but getting every month, i started to feel guilty about all the natural resources it took to design, print, and mail that moster.

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Back in the day (~7 years ago) I used to read Computer Shopper and wonder how the F TigerDirect could sell parts so cheap. Damn I was a noob.