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Old 03-30-2004, 02:50 AM   #1
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Old 03-30-2004, 03:07 AM   #2
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Wow, even back then computer guys got all the chicks!
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Old 03-30-2004, 03:20 AM   #3
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Wow, even back then computer guys got all the chicks!
It's gotta be the glasses
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Old 03-30-2004, 03:22 AM   #4
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It's gotta be the glasses
I hear women get turned on by 4800 baud cassette drives...

And you gotta have at least 65K of memory if you want to stay in the race.
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Old 03-30-2004, 03:30 AM   #5
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I hear women get turned on by 4800 baud cassette drives...

And you gotta have at least 65K of memory if you want to stay in the race.
Or they're just interested in the "Linking Loader Package"
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Old 03-30-2004, 05:10 AM   #6
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Noticed how they claimed their system was "fast"... just like manufacturers / resellers do now? It's all relevant to the techno of the day. They'll laugh at we are using in 25yrs time

BTW, those chicks are hot with their Farrah Fawcett flicky hair look! Very infradig back in '78
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Old 03-30-2004, 07:30 AM   #7
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Old 03-30-2004, 07:54 AM   #8
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Wow! A 4800 Baud Digital Cassette!

Wonder what museums are paying for those, these days.....
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Old 03-30-2004, 08:17 AM   #9
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That was even before M$ and IBM

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Old 03-30-2004, 08:29 AM   #10
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I hear women get turned on by 4800 baud cassette drives...

And you gotta have at least 65K of memory if you want to stay in the race.
No, I think it was when things went from floppy to hard!!
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Old 03-30-2004, 08:51 AM   #11
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Hehe... I love those 70s/early 80s computer ads.

16-bit in 1978, now that -was- high tech.
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No, I think it was when things went from floppy to hard!!
LOL

Maybe....It could also be the option to choose full floppy instead of mini floppy...
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Wasn't a Commodore 64 a modern version of this PC??

16bit with 64kb of memory??
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Old 03-30-2004, 12:42 PM   #14
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Gordon Bennett! Just look at his hair, glasses and shirt collar.
Did I really look like that too?
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Old 03-30-2004, 01:18 PM   #15
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Wow, even back then computer guys got all the chicks!

what? no one told me about this! where's my harem of chicks???


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