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The Computer Age

Day 4,636, 00:11 • Published in Canada Canada

• by Thedillpickl

Hi kids!

In 1974 the future looks bright.

Here's the link: https://youtu.be/sTdWQAKzESA

However...

"It (the Apple II) was introduced by Jobs and Wozniak at the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire and was the first consumer product sold by Apple Computer, Inc." *

* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II

In Only 3 Years?

Here's the link: https://youtu.be/q3OTEdZkBaQ

Agent J, "So, who pays for all this?"
Agent K, "We hold the patents on a few gadgets..."

Comments

Rican Day 4,636, 00:33

it's still amazing.....
remember dick tracy?

John. Day 4,636, 01:21

my first computer was an MSX 180, played my first game on it called " Knightmare" by konami

Anakin MKD Day 4,636, 01:43

PimpDollaz Day 4,636, 02:11

What year did Apple start putting in the suicide nets?

Thedillpickl Day 4,636, 06:33

1979
https://youtu.be/lX3uCuFKlqw

Kippers Day 4,636, 04:10

When they master VR, it's going to be amazing.

Releasethe Krakken Day 4,636, 08:15

internet was invented by the us army and the term bugs were coined by rear admiral grace hopper both facts is however well known but still fun.

Eduard Douwes Dekker Day 4,636, 14:23

🤖

Haroj Day 4,636, 15:42

I got in on the last of the 8" floppys. Boy, when those new-fangled 5" discs came out, we were gobsmacked. I seem to recall they could store as much as 360kb.

Thedillpickl Day 4,636, 18:40

In mid 80's the "good" machines had double sided double density 5 1/4" floppy which was 360kb. Even with the new fangled 3 1/2" hard floppies with 1.44mb capacity the 5 1/4" hung on a few more years with quad density 720kb.

I was a super computer nerd. I upgraded my Gateway 486DX2-66V. Drives included a Teac 5 1/4" 720kb & 3 1/2" 1.44mb combo, second 3 1/2" to make copies and a 250mb QIC backup tape drive.

My pride and joy:
https://youtu.be/00MYIFYfaVA

Back in the day... 🍒

Haroj Day 4,636, 21:08

good lord, who ever needed THAT much capacity??

Thedillpickl Day 4,637, 00:19

Much like other fanatics it's not so much what is necessary but what is possible. You can get around town in a 15 year old Toyota but much more fun to restore a 1967 Camaro 396cid 4 speed stick.

My box had a 450mb Western Digital SATA drive and a 4x CD player too. (CD burners were available but very expensive.) Forget which video card I had but be sure it used the VESA bus. In 1990 it would play any game out there.

Releasethe Krakken Day 4,637, 03:09

some of those old games where great though. had the original warcraft. Dune and old versions of prince of persia. as well as older dungeons and dragons. a map based one. though cant remember what happened to them

Releasethe Krakken Day 4,637, 03:10

as well as donkey kong a helicopter hand concole

Mohawk Warrior Day 4,636, 18:16

I just bought a 32gigbyte usb for 2 bucks

Thedillpickl Day 4,636, 18:46

Crazy, ain't it. 2020 thumb drive is $2. 1990 box of ten 5 1/4" disks is $2.

Loliicapri Day 4,642, 11:21

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