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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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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."
![]() Thought this might be of interest here as it’s all pretty obsolete now. Especially the “modem settings” routine. ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() Last edited by a9127; 10-25-2020 at 10:04 PM. |
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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.
![]() ![]() ![]() 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! ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by a9127; 11-13-2021 at 05:55 PM. |
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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? ![]() ![]() ![]() 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." ![]() Last edited by a9127; 10-25-2020 at 10:06 PM. |
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