hollydolly
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I:ve been using a Mac for well over 10 years.. so Windows is really ancient history for me now
The internet is only 30 years old????????
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My first computer ran DOS 3.1, next came, Windows NT, but that
was mainly for office work, the first big jump was to Windows 95,
I had a computer built to come with that, 95 was wonderful after
struggling with DOS for so long, there were no fancy screens, just
text and numbers, you also had to get the suffix right to go anywhere,
.ex or .cmd, etc., I don't remember them all now, but there were many.
Be happy that we have the systems of today.
Mike.
was mainly for office work, the first big jump was to Windows 95,
I had a computer built to come with that, 95 was wonderful after
struggling with DOS for so long, there were no fancy screens, just
text and numbers, you also had to get the suffix right to go anywhere,
.ex or .cmd, etc., I don't remember them all now, but there were many.
Be happy that we have the systems of today.
Mike.
Paladin1950
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Free frisbeesI still remember getting those AOL CDs in the mail. I remember wondering: those are pretty, what do they do? What's an AOL?
fuzzybuddy
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Nope, it was Windows 96. I know everybody says it had to be 95/98. Microsoft did have a "96". It was probably a '95' with a new paint job. Two friends and I bought computers from Sam's Club- we all had '96'. I'm guessing the '96' may have a marketing ploy for Sam's Club, and Walmart??????
I was a hold out longer than that and other than emails have yet to use word to type a letter. Still have an old clanker for that. What bugs me now is people don't even want to do email anymore instead trying to write book using text messaging.
Nathan
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I had not heard of Windows 96, but lo & behold: Windows Nashville - Wikipedia
fuzzybuddy
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h.c., I still can't figure out text messages.
David777
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Was not a fan of AOL though never had an account. Until AOL rose, the Internet was mainly just used by limited numbers of technical savvy people and those that used computers at businesses , corporations, and universities. Those using company computers would come and go on various websites depending on whether they were still working in same positions. It was after the rise of smartphones about 2005 that the majority of the general public began using the Internet.
AOL and like sites annoyed many early users to the extent universities, professional organizations, and corporations increasingly hid their environments behind account/password firewalls as is the case today. The general "smartphone" public tends to still be unaware of that enormous part of the Internet. So from that perspective, the web isn't even 2 decades old.
So the 30 years title is misleading from that perspective. Also as someone working with UNIX and VAX computers before that time, there was plenty of related communication technology going on between corporations and university environments that make the 30 year number even less relevant. Also in the early 1990s, USENET, a text environment dial up system was far more active. Much of the jargon we now use on the web began on USENET.
AOL and like sites annoyed many early users to the extent universities, professional organizations, and corporations increasingly hid their environments behind account/password firewalls as is the case today. The general "smartphone" public tends to still be unaware of that enormous part of the Internet. So from that perspective, the web isn't even 2 decades old.
So the 30 years title is misleading from that perspective. Also as someone working with UNIX and VAX computers before that time, there was plenty of related communication technology going on between corporations and university environments that make the 30 year number even less relevant. Also in the early 1990s, USENET, a text environment dial up system was far more active. Much of the jargon we now use on the web began on USENET.
Interesting. I agree, it had to be a specific promotion, maybe a Windows 95 with the latest service pack or some such. Microsoft doesn't seem to call it out specifically in their history. Live and learn, eh?
I never envisioned home computing/internet taking off the way it did.
By the turn of the century I was stunned by the number of companies that wanted an online applications for jobs that tech wasn't THE job. I guess that was an interview question-how good are you with computers. Now one applies online for almost every thing regardless of the job. I'm glad I'm from the era of in person paper applications because applicants today wind up competing with several hundred for one opening the second they complete that application.
By the turn of the century I was stunned by the number of companies that wanted an online applications for jobs that tech wasn't THE job. I guess that was an interview question-how good are you with computers. Now one applies online for almost every thing regardless of the job. I'm glad I'm from the era of in person paper applications because applicants today wind up competing with several hundred for one opening the second they complete that application.
dobielvr
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I can remember my mother sitting down to write her newsletters on her computer from way back.
She would use something called a 'floppy disc'
It was foreign to me.
She would use something called a 'floppy disc'
It was foreign to me.
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I still have some. Then they went to CD now it's a ubs stick. The pace of tech advancements is astounding but since they want you to buy something new every 3 years not surprised.
Things advance, improve in price but internet speed, quality and price still stink for the consumer 30 years later.
Devi
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Oh, I don't know about that. We're paying for 100Mbps from Comcast/Xfinity, which they bumped up to 200Mbps (but tests at 240Mbps) at no extra cost. We use cable (no wifi, etc.). Very happy with the service.
Not sure what is meant by internet "quality" ...?
palides2021
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We did that with our CDs, too!
horseless carriage
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It seems that the world and her cat find today's technology simple. Joining Senior Forums meant getting an email, I haven't a clue what it is, have never used it, can't really be bothered that I seem to be out of step. My cell phone is the same, it has the technology to hook up to the internet but in all the years that I have had it I have never been online with it, and that doesn't bother me either. Things were running slow today, I had my expert take a look at it.
Sippican
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Some rough looking numbers right there. Can't imagine this company stayed in business long.
I'll agree that internet service can be maddeningly unreliable. As far as speed is concerned, I think we've done better. My first PC had a phone modem that communicated at 1.2kb per second (12,200) the system I'm using today is 350Mb per second (350,000,000), that's an increase of 2,868,752%. The issue is more likely tied to the amount of advertising, spam, scamming going on.
Devi
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Yes, but our interactions in person would have necessarily been limited. Unlike now, with the Internet.