I am tempted...

Joakim Christiansen · Post by **Joakim Christiansen** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:28 pm

Old computers looks much more fun!

It's stupid that everything gets bloated and badly programmed these days!

We don't need bether computers, we just need bether optimized code!

Straker · Post by **Straker** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:16 am

techjunkie wrote:Yeah - almost... I started with computers in 1974.

You've got 4 years on me then. Remember the fear of getting tripped in the hallway while carrying a stack of these?

I hear they still use them in Norway to calculate the price of pizza.

Post by **Dare2** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:23 am

Straker wrote:I hear they still use them in Norway to calculate the price of pizza.

hehe.

I remember those - and shared the fear. We also had a small 10 button "hand punch" to punch the things up for quick fixes or if the ladies with the "sophisticated" gear in the pool were too busy to handle a request.