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Title: Old computers did it better!
Post by: Amigamia on April 23, 2015, 08:15:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDtxYeJdzg

:)
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: curtis on April 23, 2015, 09:07:42 PM
Ain't it the truth!

Did get a chuckle out of the chip puller!
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: danbeaver on April 23, 2015, 09:26:12 PM
And think of the lovely amount of sarcasm!  Of course Bob Johnson, the never ending tech support contact; I wonder how he can handle so many calls at the same time :hammer:
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: goldfish on April 23, 2015, 10:58:45 PM
Loved my C64 remember going to london to get a replacement fuse. Yep a fuse on  a motherboard now theres a good idea.
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: Thorham on April 24, 2015, 12:24:37 AM
What's with the 'modern computer era' crap at the start of the video? The modern computer era started with simple, affordable computers that anyone could use. A small box with a circuit board with some chips on it. Computers today are still like that.

Gets me worked up every single time :D
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: danbeaver on April 24, 2015, 01:04:25 AM
Quote from: goldfish;788279
Loved my C64 remember going to london to get a replacement fuse. Yep a fuse on  a motherboard now theres a good idea.
Well thank The Lord you didn't live in the states at the time!
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: danbeaver on April 24, 2015, 01:11:10 AM
Quote from: Thorham;788280
What's with the 'modern computer era' crap at the start of the video? The modern computer era started with simple, affordable computers that anyone could use. A small box with a circuit board with some chips on it. Computers today are still like that.

Gets me worked up every single time :D

Reminds me of the news story of the guy in Colorado who shot his Dell computer:

http://gazette.com/man-shoots-computer-in-colorado-springs-alley-gets-revenge-he-wanted-and-a-citation/article/1550042

(http://cdn.csgazette.biz/cache/oklahoman_gallery-17fce9f233d2bc29c7ce7df7c533e89a.jpg)
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on April 24, 2015, 02:42:24 AM
Quote from: danbeaver;788284
Reminds me of the news story of the guy in Colorado who shot his Dell computer:

http://gazette.com/man-shoots-computer-in-colorado-springs-alley-gets-revenge-he-wanted-and-a-citation/article/1550042

(http://cdn.csgazette.biz/cache/oklahoman_gallery-17fce9f233d2bc29c7ce7df7c533e89a.jpg)


From the other photo of the back, it looks like only a couple rounds passed through the case.  Either that's a tough-a** case, or he was using a .22.  ;)
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: gertsy on April 24, 2015, 06:10:05 AM
Yes all makes sense but you can't edit and encode a HD movie or mix 8 tracks of audio on a c64 or apple 2.
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: danbeaver on April 24, 2015, 10:13:17 AM
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;788286
From the other photo of the back, it looks like only a couple rounds passed through the case.  Either that's a tough-a** case, or he was using a .22.  ;)

I was thinking  a .22 semi-automatic handgun due to the 8 shots, you could carry a 9th round in the chamber if needed for the coup de grâce.
Title: Re: Old computers did it better!
Post by: danbeaver on April 24, 2015, 10:14:50 AM
Quote from: gertsy;788299
Yes all makes sense but you can't edit and encode a HD movie or mix 8 tracks of audio on a c64 or apple 2.

I used to have an eight track audio player in my '70 Camaro.