Electronic news in 1981

Page 1 of 1 [ 12 posts ]

Previous topic | Next topic

computerlove
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Age: 125
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,791

06 Jun 2009, 6:44 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

sinsboldly
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 13,488
Location: Bandon-by-the-Sea, Oregon

06 Jun 2009, 6:58 pm

oh! my eyeballs ached to see that font again! I remember going to my friends house in Eugene, OR and seeing Tandy machines just grinding away on black screens with slimy green font. . or even worse, it was always Halloween with a black background with orange glowing text. Switch a button, and the contrast flipped.

_________________
Alis volat propriis
State Motto of Oregon

peterd
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Dec 2006
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,374

07 Jun 2009, 1:46 am

Does noone remember the teletype?

normally_impaired
Deinonychus

Joined: 19 Mar 2007
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 363

07 Jun 2009, 2:52 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dpXHnJXaE[/youtube]

Ichinin
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 3 Apr 2009
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,653
Location: A cold place with lots of blondes.

07 Jun 2009, 3:35 am

That would have never worked where i live at the time.

We still had a government monopoly on the phone system and there were no flatrates or anything. People had to call local BBS'es for "cheap" local rates and download stuff and you would rather send tapes/disks through the postal service because it was MUCH cheaper.

I remember the first time i got on the net in 1994 and all the newspapers and other services that popped up around that time. Most looked like crap, i.e. text and some poorly made (or scanned) GIF image somewhere on the page, but others put serious effort into layout/design and started to look good fast.

_________________
"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring" (Carl Sagan)

sinsboldly
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 13,488
Location: Bandon-by-the-Sea, Oregon

07 Jun 2009, 11:51 am

peterd wrote:

Does noone remember the teletype?

does anyone remember memorizing Morse code? I remember from my ham radio days. My father was obsessed with his 'radio shack' and making contact all over the world on his spoken word ham radio but you had to learn the code and do the telegraphers qualifying test back then.

_________________
Alis volat propriis
State Motto of Oregon

computerlove
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Age: 125
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,791

07 Jun 2009, 12:03 pm

^
dayumn!

_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

pakled
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 7,015

07 Jun 2009, 5:58 pm

oh... that brings back memories...bad ones.. Yeah, I never worked on Trash-80s, but did do some stuff on the original PC.

That modem was interesting, since it had at least an early 90s computer connected to it.

They were right about people reading papers online, tho...

kxmode
Supporting Member

Joined: 14 Oct 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,613
Location: In your neighborhood, knocking on your door. :)

08 Jun 2009, 5:51 pm

Somewhat related, check this out!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4[/youtube]

_________________
A Proud Witness of Jehovah God (JW.org)
Revelation 21:4 "And [God] will wipe out every tear from their eyes,
and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.
The former things have passed away."

Fogman
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Jun 2005
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,986
Location: Frå Nord Dakota til Vermont

09 Jun 2009, 10:00 am

I remember those days, when the speed limit was 300 Baud via acoustic pickup. I think that large companies and universities had modem connections that sould communicate at 2400 Baud as well. RatShack used to sell those old 300 Baud acoustic pickup modems for around 3-4 hundred bucks in 1980-1981.

_________________
When There's No There to get to, I'm so There!

ruveyn
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Age: 89
Gender: Male
Posts: 31,502
Location: New Jersey

09 Jun 2009, 8:02 pm

Through a time machine darkly! This brings back memories.

The improvement in the technology is positively dazzling.

ruveyn

sinsboldly
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 13,488
Location: Bandon-by-the-Sea, Oregon

09 Jun 2009, 11:00 pm

kxmode wrote:

Somewhat related, check this out!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4[/youtube]

the diagram @ 5:05 reminds me of the Kabbalah!

_________________
Alis volat propriis
State Motto of Oregon

Page 1 of 1 [ 12 posts ]

Jump to:

Electronic news in 1981 Post Reply New Topic

Electronic news in 1981