[itdiscuss] mac or PC?

Wed Sep 17 14:21:17 EDT 2008

Sounds more like an etch-a-sketch!

Julianna Hutchins

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From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org]
On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] mac or PC?

yup

Amazing - that thing lasts forever... 

now my kids use it... all 4 of them 

Glenn

On Sep 17, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Kevin Brunson wrote:

Sounds like the original magnetic storage device, the Etch-A-Sketch

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org]
On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] mac or PC?

My first computer was so easy to use... 

to reboot - I had to shake it.

to reset - I had to shake it... 

to erase the hard drive -  yup you got it ... I had to shake it.

it had no mouse - it had no keyboard... 

it only had 2 dials -  one went up and one went down... 

anyone care to guess what it was? 

On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Stephen Ollis wrote:

Yeap I remember DEC. I was employed in customer support here in Sydney, or
sno2-3/f3. Google searches for stl.dec.com (redbck and funlwb) will show
nntp news posts I did while employed there. 

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Steve Ollis 
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Technology Services 
Hillsong Church 
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From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org 
To: discuss at itdiscuss.org 
Sent: Wed Sep 17 23:15:16 2008
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] mac or PC? 

Selective memory..

Just remember it all boils down to 1s and 0s.  A computer, is a computer, is
a computer..  Some of us have been around long enough to know what is
popular today will go out of style tomorrow.  Anyone remember DEC?

Bill Lloyd 
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On Behalf Of Lou Hablas
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:10 AM
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Hmmmm...I've got very fond memories of the token-ring, Netware network at
SunTrust...yep, those were the days...;)

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On Behalf Of blloyd at buskercom.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:38 AM
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Sorry, the discussion just brought back bad dreams..

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On Behalf Of Jeffrey Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:32 AM
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Bill we were trying to forget the dark ages ... :P

On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:53 AM, <blloyd at buskercom.com> wrote:

10 years ago macs were only nightmares to those who were afraid of them.  =)

Before the "dawn" of Win95 EVERYTHING was easier on a mac, especially
networking.  Easier translatated to less work and better overall
productivity for both the IT staff and users.  It just worked.   There were
no 8.3 file name limits, you didn't have to come up with criptic names for
network or printer shares, and you didn't have to assign letters to network
drives.  

With PCs you had to do all kinds of weird stuff just to make them work
together.  Do any of you remember NDIS drivers and getting them to work?  Do
you remember how to load the "middleware" that actually let you connect to a
network server?  Remember BANYAN VINES, LANMAN, PATHWORKS, and NETWARE?
Those were the days that an IT guy earned his/her stripes.  Take me
back..please..take me back..

(By the way, I appologize ahead of time for any misspelled words.  I still
can't get the Office 2007 spell checker to work.)

Bill Lloyd 
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