In my college years I had SEVERE LUST for the IBM Selectric (tm) WITH the correcting-ribbon feature! You youngsters just have NO IDEA how #@#^%^ tired I got of that little bottle and dried-out brush!
ses1066, “bottle with a dried out brush’?? How about wheel-shaped typewriter erasers with the little brush attached. If you made a second mistake, you had a hole in the paper! AARRGGH at 2 AM! My term papers often looked like the mice had used them for a midnight feast.
Computers certainly made life easier. Now, we can cut and paste our errors multiple times with no effort at all. And, of course, I (like almost everyone) will catch a mistake a fraction of a second AFTER clicking the print (or send) button… AARRGGH in the 21st century!
late 60’s 9th grade they said I had to take typing. Told ‘em didn’t want typing. they said must. said I won’t do the work. they said you’ll flunk. said you got a deal! there wasn’t even a hint of computers except the univac. it had as much power as a credit card size calculator
I am not as old as most of you but my computer roots go back quite far as well. The first PC I ever used was a Kapro with a 8088-2 Intel Processor (the second generation of the Intel processor) with a 5.25 actual floppy disk. Green monochrome monitor. DOS 2 or 3. As I recall, it cost something like $2000 to 2500. (1984 if I remember)
frrykid - I used to sell Kaypro II luggable CPM computers. They were a popular alternative to the Osborne luggable but soon fell out of popularity due to the success of the IBM PC and the Compaq PC-DOS luggable. Kaypro did come out with a Kaypro 16 that had what you mentioned.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Gee, in my day we used to crash (and burn!) – modern computers are so much cooler!
pouncingtiger almost 14 years ago
I feel your pain, Skyler.
Yukoner almost 14 years ago
Told you you should have c=bought a Mac!
pamlicorat almost 14 years ago
I hated typing papers because I would always mess up on the last sentence and have to redo the whole page.
ses1066 almost 14 years ago
In my college years I had SEVERE LUST for the IBM Selectric (tm) WITH the correcting-ribbon feature! You youngsters just have NO IDEA how #@#^%^ tired I got of that little bottle and dried-out brush!
rshive almost 14 years ago
ladyfnger86 -I’m of the same generation. And we walked uphill in the snow 3 miles both ways, to and from school.
tinhutjohn almost 14 years ago
Why do you think they call them terminals?
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Been there, done that for sure.
whitecarabao almost 14 years ago
ses1066, “bottle with a dried out brush’?? How about wheel-shaped typewriter erasers with the little brush attached. If you made a second mistake, you had a hole in the paper! AARRGGH at 2 AM! My term papers often looked like the mice had used them for a midnight feast.
Computers certainly made life easier. Now, we can cut and paste our errors multiple times with no effort at all. And, of course, I (like almost everyone) will catch a mistake a fraction of a second AFTER clicking the print (or send) button… AARRGGH in the 21st century!
ponytail56 almost 14 years ago
late 60’s 9th grade they said I had to take typing. Told ‘em didn’t want typing. they said must. said I won’t do the work. they said you’ll flunk. said you got a deal! there wasn’t even a hint of computers except the univac. it had as much power as a credit card size calculator
frrykid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I am not as old as most of you but my computer roots go back quite far as well. The first PC I ever used was a Kapro with a 8088-2 Intel Processor (the second generation of the Intel processor) with a 5.25 actual floppy disk. Green monochrome monitor. DOS 2 or 3. As I recall, it cost something like $2000 to 2500. (1984 if I remember)
ses1066 almost 14 years ago
frrykid - I used to sell Kaypro II luggable CPM computers. They were a popular alternative to the Osborne luggable but soon fell out of popularity due to the success of the IBM PC and the Compaq PC-DOS luggable. Kaypro did come out with a Kaypro 16 that had what you mentioned.