Omega-TI Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Here's one to start things... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 My 1986, 16Mhz, 16 bit Macintosh can load its OS, Microsoft excel and start doing meaningful work many seconds faster than my 4.3Ghz 64 bit quad core can 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Assembly language really isn't the rocket science that many people thought it was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Floppy disks last much longer than physicists calculate they should. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Floppy disks last much longer than physicists calculate they should. Longer than any hard drive I've owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 No one... ... is going to hack your C64, Atari 800 or TI-99/4A over the Internet! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurritoBeans Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) You wouldn't have to worry about the EA servers if you wanted to play SimCity on your classic PC on launch day. Edited December 26, 2015 by BurritoBeans 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 CD-ROMs are forever, unless the shiny tops peels off, rots off or anything of the kind, or the plastic breaks down, or .... well only diamonds are forever, unless you take them too close to a fire .... ok ok. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Mattel Aquarius was actually designed by a six year old girl and constructed using human pubic hair, soft boiled eggs and the lining from a tan leather briefcase which belonged to a retired investment banker called Percy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Your computer did what you wanted it to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 8 bits... time from when you turn it on until you can start typing... under 2 seconds. Programmable without any mass storage device. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 Your Classic Computer did not spy on you or record every component or device you've plugged into it in the last 90 days. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Your classic computer OS didn't nag you to upgrade every 15 days due to security holes, and your classic computer software didn't nag you to upgrade on a regular bases for $100+ a pop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClausB Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Classic computers were new and exciting. My new work PC has literally a million times the power, but isn't one tenth as interesting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 The computer cheats, but never lies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Computers in the classroom were useless unless you had teachers who knew how to use them and a decent curriculum to teach them with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Copy protection is counter-productive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Mattel Aquarius was actually designed by a six year old girl and constructed using human pubic hair, soft boiled eggs and the lining from a tan leather briefcase which belonged to a retired investment banker called Percy. So THAT'S why I like the Aquarius so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Unfortunately, the best design / product / company did not always win. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Unfortunately, the best design / product / company did not always win. Yup. It's usually the opposite, in fact. I would put it this way: Good-enough beats best in class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 A POKE a day keeps the GUI away! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 So THAT'S why I like the Aquarius so much! It's the pubic hair isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) Dongles were a good idea. NOT! Edited December 27, 2015 by JamesD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Dongles were a good idea. NOT! OMG dongles. So sick and tired of Apple's dongles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoRacer Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Your USB ports wouldn't be taken up if you bothered using a computer with Game Ports and PS/2 connections. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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