pack of wankers!
lemme tell'ya how it really was at the beginning.
the first computer i ever used was some kind of box the size of a big suitcase, that had lights as a display, you had to toggle in the instructions (i think it maybe had a 4 bit word length, maybe some double length instructions). memory was 64. not 64 megs, not 64K, just 64! no paper tape, no card readrer, no monitor no teletype, just a toggle switch panel for input, and lights for output. Coolest program we wrote added some integers together.
first computer at work data general supernova - still get chills thinking about how fast it was (had 100 nanosecond memory, all 64k (maxed out) 3 meg winchester hard drive - bet you don't even know what that means. had the coolest high speed paper tape reader - many a paper cut was had.
first home computer original ibm pc - modded with an AST memory card up to 640K, added a Tallgrass external 40 meg harddrive ($5000 for the harddrive). me thinks it had a seek time of about 100 msec. then added an overdrive cpu (original 4 mhz upgraded to 8 mhz - whooo hooo). had a fantastic ibm keyboard - made out of heavy guage metal, electromechanical keys - still have it all, and eventually upgraded operating system to Windows 1.0. added a 300 baud modem, later got a 1200 baud practical peripherals modem that rocked!
now i've got kids, the youngest has a 800 mghz PIII, 128meg memory, 40 gig hard drive, cdrw, 17 inch monitor, and is hooked up to the household LAN (total 7 computers at home).
they have no clue what a teletype is, or what paper tape might be. 56K modem sucks in their eyes compared to cable modem.
morpheus, warez, im'img thats all they know.
ah to be young again.
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