NWI INGO General Post - Part 22 - Racoon Pets, Sadclowns Kids, and golf carts

[CTC B4Z]

Compuserve

 

[CTC B4Z]

I remember my grandparents saving me all the free AOL disc's from the Hammond times.

They'd give you like 75 hours of online browsing..

I told you all, the millennials had it all...

I saw the end of VHS and audio tapes and have recorded songs off the radio onto tapes.

I witnessed the birth and death of DVD.

I know how to dial down the center

I was T9 texting when it was $0.50/text

 

[Ballstater98]

Early airport stuff commencing.

 

[Bugzilla]

AOL and NetNitco got many of us started. Still have a few clients with AOL email.

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I started with the party line we had in the ’60’s.

 

[KG1]

I remember my grandparents saving me all the free AOL disc's from the Hammond times.

They'd give you like 75 hours of online browsing..

I told you all, the millennials had it all...

I saw the end of VHS and audio tapes and have recorded songs off the radio onto tapes.

I witnessed the birth and death of DVD.

I know how to dial down the center

I was T9 texting when it was $0.50/text

I remember when 8 track cartridge tape was the thing then cassette tape was a game changer until compact disk came along. I also witnessed the whole start of the VHS vs. Betamax war. VHS won of course.

 

[Bill2905]

I remember when 8 track cartridge tape was the thing then cassette tape was a game changer until compact disk came along. I also witnessed the whole start of the VHS vs. Betamax war. VHS won of course.

Seemed like every kid with a car had a Pioneer 8 track that came from K-Mart. My friend's dad had a reel to reel audio tape player which was the only one I have ever seen. I also remember my Dad getting one of the first Texas Instruments handheld calculators that did about 5 basic math functions.

 

[Bill2905]

I started with the party line we had in the ’60’s.

My small home town still had some party lines in the 80's and I knew several people who would complain about the busybody old ladies who they shared a line with.

 

[KG1]

Seemed like every kid with a car had a Pioneer 8 track that came from K-Mart. My friend's dad had a reel to reel audio tape player which was the only one I have ever seen. I also remember my Dad getting one of the first Texas Instruments handheld calculators that did about 5 basic math functions.

Yep. I was one of those kids. I also remember having a portable Panasonic 8 track tape player that looked like a TNT plunger detonator and I remember those Texas Instruments calculators along with Intelivision game consoles.

 

[KLB]

Intellivision was advanced stuff.

 

[KG1]

Intellivision was advanced stuff.

Yes, at the time. The rudimentary baseball game where there were pretty much just blips on a screen was me and my brother's favorite game to play.

 

[2A_Tom]

 

[Bugzilla]

Intellivision was advanced stuff.

Kids were freed from having to get up and change the channel. Real progress!

 

[mmpsteve]

REPORTED!!

Cursing ... and on Sunday ...

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[mmpsteve]

Morning all y'all. Anybody else watch the Final Four games last night? Basketball at it's finest.

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[mmpsteve]

Yes, at the time. The rudimentary baseball game where there were pretty much just blips on a screen was me and my brother's favorite game to play.

The first game I remember was Pong. Didn't get much time to play. My ironworker dad from Southern Alabama prefered us to be out in the garden hoeing corn or beans.

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[Bill2905]

Morning all y'all. Anybody else watch the Final Four games last night? Basketball at it's finest.

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Good morning to you. The NC vs. Duke game was a classic. Monday night is going to be a battle.

 

[Bill2905]

The first game I remember was Pong. Didn't get much time to play. My ironworker dad from Southern Alabama prefered us to be out in the garden hoeing corn or beans.

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We had Atari Pong and then later got a newer Atari system that you bought different games for. My brothers and I spent a lot of time playing Defender. After I left home for school, that was the end of my gaming days and I never got into it after that.

 

[sadclownwp]

I remember my grandparents saving me all the free AOL disc's from the Hammond times.

They'd give you like 75 hours of online browsing..

I told you all, the millennials had it all...

I saw the end of VHS and audio tapes and have recorded songs off the radio onto tapes.

I witnessed the birth and death of DVD.

I know how to dial down the center

I was T9 texting when it was $0.50/text

I felt this hard. I've seen the birth and death of so much tech that had major influence on life for over decades.

 

[radar8756]

... I also remember my Dad getting one of the first Texas Instruments handheld calculators that did about 5 basic math functions.

I remember seeing a TI 5 function calculator at a Electronics store in Milwaukee before getting my Pre-Enlistment physical in 1974 --- $400

 

[CTC B4Z]

I felt this hard. I've seen the birth and death of so much tech that had major influence on life for over decades.

That's what I'm saying man. The 90s and early 00s were absolutely lit and I got to be right in the middle of saying goodbye to old tech and hello to new.