Any custom computer builders out there?

[daredog4]

Just wondering, what do you have for a computer Ggiese?

[ggiese]

Just wondering, what do you have for a computer Ggiese?

Which computer?

I would be pleasantly surprised if you knew anything about where all of this comes from - things like what a Z80 processor was, ARPANET, Mosaic... The good ol' days of 300 baud modems....

Man - I would just LOVE to discuss my lineage of computers, all the money I've spent on this pursuit over the years, my past work repairing and building systems and such - maybe if we meet up on a computer board somewhere down the road. Though forgive me for being a bit rusty - I've given much of that up in favor of other more fulfilling pursuits.

Seriously, though. Me: Personally? I joined CS to share stories about cigars.

You like Okienoodling??

[ggiese]

Good stuff for you, dreadog;

http://www.computersoc.com/viewforum.php?f=35

http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/17/

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/forums.html

http://www.motherboards.org/forums/

http://forums.mysuperpc.com/

http://forums.guru3d.com/

[daredog4]

Sounds like you know your stuff. I personally subscribe to www.techsupportforum.com and have been helped out of some pretty big pickles. I try to help others out with their issues when i can but some stuff is over my head. Many hardware issues i have dealt with, but when it comes to programming and software issues i tend to get lost.

I didn't mean to make it all about computers, but they are a nice tool to have. I really just stared this thread to see if there were any cigar/computer lovers out there that i could relate to. And i would love to hear your stories about the good ol days, and what it took to get us to where we are today. I think computers are one of our civilizations biggest achievements and it seems that the technology is advancing faster than anything else out there.

I know i pissed off a bunch of people with my other thread and all i can do is move on and try to get along. If i don't get kicked off of here i will do my best to make it up to ya.

Edit: I was just remembering that when i was younger we had an old Apple computer with the green/black screen. I remember playing lots of games where i had to boot to DOS and manually type in the EXE file name in order to play. Thats about as far back as I go.

[daredog4]

If you meant hand fishing....heck ya i have. With all the flooding we have had lately its been hard to find them and they aren't very big. A couple of years ago my brother and I fished out some holes on the rattlesnake and ended up with a couple 20 pound flatheads, a 36 pounder, and a 42 pounder. And boy were they some good eating.

[MarineOne]

300 baud modems, man I remember those. I think I've still got a Zenith Z-Systems 300 baud sitting in a box somewhere right next to my 8 inch floppy discs and a working Compaq 386 "lunchbox" laptop (the one with the fold down 88 key keyboard) with an amber screen.

Apple II's (the plain II, not the IIc or IIe mind you), Trash 80's, Commodore PET's, Tandy 1000's, and the upgrade from the Commodore 64 to the 128.



Man I'm really reaching back into the stone age.




-K

[Corvin]

300 baud modems, man I remember those. I think I've still got a Zenith Z-Systems 300 baud sitting in a box somewhere right next to my 8 inch floppy discs and a working Compaq 386 "lunchbox" laptop (the one with the fold down 88 key keyboard) with an amber screen.

Apple II's (the plain II, not the IIc or IIe mind you), Trash 80's, Commodore PET's, Tandy 1000's, and the upgrade from the Commodore 64 to the 128.

Man I'm really reaching back into the stone age.

-K

I told myself I'd stay out of this but when you mentioned 8 inch floppies and Tandy 1000s I had to jump in.

I have fond memories of going into my parents closets and rearranging my fathers punch cards. I didn't know what they were at the time, they were one of his first successful programs (by successful I mean working).

Then when I started school we upgraded from an Vic28 to a Tandy 1000 with it's massive 40mb hard drive and a whole 1024kb of ram. It was the envy of everyone at my fathers job at the time.

Now I'm sitting with an Acer One Netbook on my lap with a 160gb hard drive, 1gb of ram and a 1.6ghz processor all in less then 1.5kg. Ahh technology, how I love it.

[ggiese]

300 baud modems, man I remember those. I think I've still got a Zenith Z-Systems 300 baud sitting in a box somewhere right next to my 8 inch floppy discs and a working Compaq 386 "lunchbox" laptop (the one with the fold down 88 key keyboard) with an amber screen.

Apple II's (the plain II, not the IIc or IIe mind you), Trash 80's, Commodore PET's, Tandy 1000's, and the upgrade from the Commodore 64 to the 128.



Man I'm really reaching back into the stone age.




-K

I just recently tore apart and upgraded my expansion module on my Radio Shack Model I. Now I get the descending lowercase letters!! Much better to look at!!! I even added 16K RAM and the 5 1/4" floppy - cost me a pretty penny, but WELL worth it (I was sick of loading in the programs on the cassette tape drive - it was SO dadgummed slow)!!!

I was thinking about upgrading to the Model IV - I like the built in dual 5 1/4" floppies. Anyone else did the upgrade? Thoughts??

[ggiese]

If you meant hand fishing....heck ya i have. With all the flooding we have had lately its been hard to find them and they aren't very big. A couple of years ago my brother and I fished out some holes on the rattlesnake and ended up with a couple 20 pound flatheads, a 36 pounder, and a 42 pounder. And boy were they some good eating.

Excellent!!! Than you will enjoy our Okienoodling discussion thread!!!

Okienoodling!!!

Too bad Scotty's not around any more. I thought sure he wouldn't drop the ball on us...