To: HairOfTheDog
Holy cow... Rose and I are watching a show featuring old Superbowl commercials (on CBS). They just showed a commercial for a new TRS-80 computer, "prices starting at $2999!"
How far we've come...
112 posted on
01/31/2004 6:28:41 PM PST by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(One man's lust for life brings world renown; Next guy can't get two feet off the ground)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
They talk about the big MacIntosh launch too? Dad had a Mac SE30 That was the cutest computer ever.
How far indeed.
My favorite is the Budweiser commercial with the Clydesdales that take a bow after 9-11. That one brought me to tears when I saw it on a similar show yesterday.
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Yah... no kidding. Our fixed assets database still shows some of the first computers the company bought. One was an IBM 8088. 64K ram, a floppy, no hard drive. $6,000.
In fact I've still got one of the old Compaq luggables in my office. Pretty cool. I'm still trying to figure out how to bodge a network connection for it and use it for something.
116 posted on
01/31/2004 6:32:58 PM PST by
Ramius
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