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That small black w/ red stripe looks like an old DAT cartridge. I still have a Panther mini 2000 DAT drive (SCSI) and a few cartridges but I haven't used it in years.

While i never owned a name brand desktop PC I've used the original compaq portable (with the little built in 9" green screen), IBM XT & AT, compaq 386, Apple IIe (with a microsoft softcard to make it a CPM machine), commodore 64 with tape and diskette drives, and still have a couple old ST412/MFM hard drives. I still have original IBM DOS 2.1 and 3.1 manuals & IBM Basic 3.0 manuals, and lots more.

When I switched to IBM ThinkPads over 20 years ago I always kept the old ones and have them rtom the 600 and 760 series (late 90s) and T series from T21 through T (&W) 530.

Anyone remember ARCnet, or Corvus Omninet?

Token ring - it wasn't even a ring configuration. It was really laid out just like star Ethernet (which we all use now).

Never used the original "thick" Ethernet - that was for very large installations. I did use and run lots of thin or "cheaper"net BNC connected coax Ethernet before the star configuration took over.
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That small black w/ red stripe looks like an old DAT cartridge...
I, too, initially thought it was a DAT cartridge so I looked for a matching image, but I couldn't find anything that resembled the exact shape and size. It could be that there were different sizes made. It's quite awhile since I've even seen anything DAT so I don't remember all the different tapes and equipment.
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My first computer had no program. I had to type in all commands. The first one( for training I guess) took over 300 keys ( letters, numbers, and symbols) and then hit "enter". result: the screen went red for one second. I then waited ten years for a Gateway computer.
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As I began my new position as Executive in Residence at my university last week, I started cleaning out my home office as well. This is the program I wrote way back in grade school with one of my teachers. It was called “Chart Analyst for Windows.” My dad got his attorney to write up a license agreement and also to keep the teacher from taking advantage. As he always said "trust nobody." The program was written in C++. I did most of the coding.

Thought this might be of interest here as it’s all pretty obsolete now. Especially the “modem settings” routine. 1994? 1994??? Christ! I guess it was what it was. I still have an external 3½ USB drive. May try “installing” it later tonight to see what happens?

Anyway it didn’t make me the next “Bill Gates” but I made enough money to buy a Corvette for my 16th birthday some years later. Invested the rest.

Eventually this venture became the basis for the market research consulting firm I now own.

Last picture. Black of course. Six speed manual. Z51 suspension. HUD. At my parent’s home in Michigan. Spring Break 2000. Would’ve taken Dove Cameron out but she was only 4.

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As I began my new position as Executive in Residence at my university last week, I started cleaning out my home office as well. This is the program I wrote way back in grade school with one of my teachers. It was called “Chart Analyst for Windows.” My dad got his attorney to write up a license agreement and also to keep the teacher from taking advantage. As he always said "trust nobody." The program was written in C++. I did most of the coding.

Thought this might be of interest here as it’s all pretty obsolete now. Especially the “modem settings” routine. 1994? 1994??? Christ! I guess it was what it was. I still have an external 3½ USB drive. May try “installing” it later tonight to see what happens?

Anyway it didn’t make me the next “Bill Gates” but I made enough money to buy a Corvette for my 16th birthday some years later. Invested the rest.

Eventually this venture became the basis for the market research consulting firm I now own.

Last picture. Black of course. Six speed manual. Z51 suspension. HUD. At my parent’s home in Michigan. Spring Break 2000. Would’ve taken Dove Cameron out but she was only 4.
The background information is very interesting. I especially like the modem settings. That brought back a lot of memories. I've still got my booklet on modems and baud rate (part of my trade and I had to know it all). I'll have to pull it out to see if I can find any little nuggets in there to pass on.
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Maybe someone else had one of these antiques? In another post, I mistakenly told ila my “first PC” was a C64 like his. In fact he was way more advanced than me. Mine actually was a lowly “VIC-20” my mom picked up on sale at K-Mart or something. Today it resides in a landfill somewhere North of Detroit.

The VIC-20 manual. That kid would be at least a few years older than me. You know he’s saying: “Dad, let’s go back to the pictures you were looking at before Mom walked in.”

Looks like someone tried to bring one into the “21st Century.” Nice try but why isn’t anything showing up on the screen?

“Deceptive Advertising” and technology has been around since… well… forever! This was a “text based” game anyway. So there wasn’t even a poorly digitized version of her to beat off too… Today it’s called “clickbait.”

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A few "relics" I found while cleaning up my office today. Some of this stuff I've had for years...

The first "CD" was for a review course on Oracle. But it says "CBT." A course on "CBT"? Wonder who teaches it? Chanel Santini? Angeles Cid? Sign me up!

Or do I just have a dirty mind...

The "AOL" disk is from 1999. God. This one really makes me feel old... Who remembers these? Did you ever use "AOL"? Were you even born? My students weren't.

The others are just "general interest." The best one was the CCNA "Virtual Lab."

The second pic is my membership card for the "Project Management Institute." I became a "Certified Project Manager" when I was still in Grad School. Speaking of which, I'm getting ready to teach it online again in the Spring. Here I'm "Dr. Andrew."

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