[jimr381]

I got out of the house when I was 18 so things became very clear quickly. :wink: Trial by fire was a great way to grow up and learn for myself.

[mphenterprises]

LOL I hear you. Well, we all took different paths to get to the same point. :wink:

[rgreen4]

mjd420nova - When I started with Owen-Illinois in Orange, Tex after grad school, in the summer of '76 they had an IBM System/3 mid-range computer with the mini 96 column punch cards. In the summer of '78 I go transferred to S. Georgia and here we had the same IBM System/3 but with the removable disc packs. They may have been 12", I'm not sure, I was in Accounting not DP.

[spike]

[quote name='rgreen4']mjd420nova - When I started with Owen-Illinois in Orange, Tex after grad school, in the summer of '76 they had an IBM System/3 mid-range computer with the mini 96 column punch cards. In the summer of '78 I go transferred to S. Georgia and here we had the same IBM System/3 but with the removable disc packs. They may have been 12", I'm not sure, I was in Accounting not DP.Both of those systems were .......massive,by todays standards, but they had their good points.

[rgreen4]

Massive yes, powerful, not by todays standards. The very first IBM PC manufactured had almost as much processing power, and more memory by far. Disc storage was the only thing that it had going for it, for a while.Of course, now they just keep adding discs to the RAID. I wonder what comes after Terrabyte?

[AnAngelsChaos]

[quote name='lilxkid24']dang everyone here is like in there 20+ lolDon't feel bad..yea you are younger then I but I havent hit twenty yet....Im 17.

[KellieCM]

Hey, welcome to the forum. Where is Prattville? My parents live in Dadeville, not far from Auburn University.

[AnAngelsChaos]

[quote name='kellie']Hey, welcome to the forum. Where is Prattville? My parents live in Dadeville, not far from Auburn University.It's in Alabama, just northwest of Montgomery.

[pizzaisgood14]

hey lilkid24 im also 14 turning 15 in a month and a half. im kinda like you. know a lot for their age

[lilxkid24]

[quote name='pizzaisgood14']hey lilkid24 im also 14 turning 15 in a month and a half. im kinda like you. know a lot for their ageyay someone around my age lol :D I turn 15 in novembre

[KellieCM]

[quote name='AnAngelsChaos']It's in Alabama, just northwest of Montgomery.Cool, I know about where you are! I've been to Montgomery a few times. Last time I was in Alabama, I made my parents take me to Anniston to see the big office chair, and to Scottsboro to go to the Unclaimed Luggage store. (yes, I am a dork.)

[TheNameless]

[quote name='AuroraManson']nameless is 18 I think, and ykm is younger (again I think) lol19 now. =P

[AuroraDizon]

well, I was right lol :P

[BARKY]

I'm 40, so I guess my average age is 20.

[smax013]

[quote name='rgreen4']Laser Disc? I haven't heard of one of those in 20 years. I'm probably one of the few in this forum that's even seen one for sale as a new item. For those that are unfamiliar, it was basically a 12" or so DVD. If they had come out before the VCR instead of afterward, video history would be different. They failed because of cost and the fact you could not record to them. In fact, only when you had recordable DVD's on the market, did the final nails go into the VCR coffin.> > > > For those interested in trivia, the first Floppy Discs were not 5 1/4", but 8" with a capacity of 1.2 MB. In fact the first HP Micro computers were available with dual 8" disc drives and used the CPM Operating System.Used to drool over the possibility of getting a laser disc player. Remember when they were trying to make their "break" into the market. Thought they were really neat.Never used 8" floppies, but do remember using Radio Shack TSR-80s in grade school with cassette tape drives and little thermal paper strip printers.And only 37 years old. 8) Been using computers since 5th grade (TSR-80 back then). Been through IBM XTs with the memory cards with memory chips you installed your sell as opposed to DIMM or SIMMs, Apple IIes with dual 5 1/4" floppy disks, Apple Mac SE with a 20 mb hard drive (first hard drive computer) and wondering how in the WORLD was I going to EVER fill up 20 mb, IBM PS/2s right on the cusp of going from DOS to Win 3.1, UNIX boxes at college in the earily Internet days, and finally to the more "modern" computers. Computers and other electronics have always been my "toys"...expensive "toys" granted.

[GreenDeer]

I'm 24. In the autumn I will have a little anniversary. :)

[yeokm1]

Hi everyone. I missed this forum very much. In fact, its just 3 weeks due to my busy schedule.As AuroraMason said, I am indeed young . Turning 17 this September.Been using a computer since I was 5. Started with an Intel 486SX 66Mhz computer. Still remember it was running on DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1. Its kinda ironic when the first thing I did on the computer was to type some DOS commands. That was when I got hooked to computers. Modern GUIs this days are simply toooo user-friendly until they become overly complicated. Miss the simple and innocent DOS command prompt.Now living in The Little Red Dot.

[AuroraDizon]

nice to see you yeokm1

[Raymond070748]

:oops: As I asked, are there any 50s or 60s around? I guess not; I didn't see any. But I had hoped. Perhaps they are waiting for me to post so they can come out of hiding. Hmm, h'm, hmmmm!!! I wonder if this is good or bad. I suppose I'll know soon enough after I submit this reply.But why am I here in the first place? Am I here to get heckled or bashed or far worse? I hope not. No, I know not. You guys wouldn't or couldn't be so cruel to an old guy.No, I just dropped by because I was interested in the topic and interested in the ages I would see. And, oops, no 50s, let alone, no 60s. Where are they? Come out , come out, wherever you are!!!!Oh, I just happen to be 59, going on 60 within a year. I just celebrated my 59th birthday on the 7th of this month. I got smashed on six beers and hit the sack by 9PM.Please, don't ask if I still tick, click, or creak. However, if anyone is still inclined to do so, please be discreet. By the way, if you are interested in knowing how long I plan on sticking around, I'll tell you. I plan on being around until someone says they are 60. And, if you (young) whippersnappers don't want us around, we'll do the 60s group.Ah, that last bit was just a joke. But I truly am 59, going on 60.Oh, yeah, I got around to computers about nine years ago at the behest of my younger brother, 58, who has had computers since the early 80s. I eventually got around to getting my first computer in the year 2000. I supposed, then, it was a good a time as any, at the turn of the century (etc.), to get my first. Yeah, cool group. I hope you don't mind if I stay for a bit, until there is a 60s group to join. Then you can dump me.Raymond070748

[rgreen4]

yeokm1 - you are probably the only one under 20 that even knows what a DOS prompt is. I was almost 40 when I started on PC's using DOS 1.0.Raymond070748 what do you plan to be when you grow up. You are by no means the oldest in the forum. Go back and check page 1 of this thread. I celebrated my 64th birthday on July 3.