October 26th, 2007

[Spud]

Are we going to start posting pictures of our old computers now? I will have mine out of storage in a few days, so I will make my contribution then. Remember, I'm older than you

[fluffy]

I was just pointing out to BLT that there were cartridge-based computers before that piece of shit that was "ahead of its time."

[mkilly]

Spud's post was the first I saw in the thread, then looked at page 2, then wanted to check what the QOTD was... I was hoping it was going to be "what was your first OS." I learned on MS-DOS, though I'm not sure which point version. Probably a later one-4 or 5. I remember my dad made a batch file that autoexec.bat would run (or maybe it was in autoexec.bat) to print up a menu of programs/program categories, then he would make "1.bat," etc., so you could select from that. I think 3.1 was my first Windows version. Right now I'm on XP Pro, same as ever. I guess I'll hit Vista up once it's not abysmal, or once XP gets long(er) in the tooth and unusable. It's still adequate.

[Billy's Little Trip]

I was just pointing out to BLT that there were cartridge-based computers before that piece of shit that was "ahead of its time."

You're so l33t.
By the way, one of these days we need to do a collab if you're up for it. Kind of like the Brad Sucks/MC Front Alot tune. We'll be BLT Sucks/ MC Fluffs Alot duo.

[fluffy]

I was hoping it was going to be "what was your first OS."

That and your avatar give me an idea for a QotD tomorrow.

[sausage boy]

Workbench 4.2 on my Amiga!

At risk of sounding like a bigger nerd than you, I have to say that a 3rd party PPC board running a fancy version of linux with an emulator for classic Amiga apps is *not* an Amiga. Amigas have Buster and Gary and Agnus and Denise and Paula and sometimes Alice to play with, what's YOURS have? HUH?!

Original, for real, Commodore Amiga 1200, bought in 1990 or so. It was added to over the subsequent years (a zip drive, CD rom, ram, upgraded processor, scanner {Surf Squirrel!}, etc) but at the heart of it it is still the old AGA Amiga 1200.

At the moment it lives a sheltered life in a box in a cupboard. If I wanted to play Monkey Island 1 or 2 again, this is what I would be breaking out to do it with.

[Rabid Garfunkel]

I think I'm going to switch to a laptop for strictly my music. When I first started recording on the computer, I chose my desk top because I figured I need the HD room. I have already added an external HD, lol. I could do the same thing with a lap top, just plug in an external and achieve everything there.....cha!

Three words: External Firewire Drive.

pre-caffeinated post... nothing to see, move along...

[anti-m]

I'm tired, I had two huge weisse beers at Barbes, listening to some really cool accordion/clarinet/trumpet/string bass stuff...I can't even classify. Just had another beer at home recording Beatles stuff. I know "three beers...roy's loopy" but yeah...light weight.

"they were HUGE, I tell ya..." Let me spew some more schlock...

Hey, at least you can type after three beers! That would have incapacitated me!

[Rabid Garfunkel]

The first deck I "bonded" with was in 1987 whilst serving in Uncle Ronnie's Army, an air-droppable, TEMPEST hardened beast running a variant, IIRC, of AppleDOS. The terminal/mainframe stuff from before that time never really clicked with me, as much as I tried to learn it.

That I used it to write poetry is completely beside the point

QOTD: Mac (mine, Systems 7, 8, 9, & 10 [10.2.x & 10.3.x] buying software that goes obsolete quickly means never being able to get rid of hardware) and XP (Mrs. Rabid's laptop) @ home. Have a couple more thoroughly obsolete pc laptops (IBM 701 & some HP thing) around which I'd like to put UNIX -- whichever flavor is under the hood of OSX -- and BeOS on, if I ever find myself with a few lifetimes off, heh.

Work: XP & OSX [10.4] (printing/graphics)