[RightOnline]

"My first computer was an XT with an 8088 processor, 4.77 MHz, 640K ram, no hard drive, two floppy drives, and a dazzling 4-color display monitor (including white)."

Show-off. Mine had metal rods and colored beads....called an "aba-something"......

[Telepathic Intruder]

Those aren't as useless as you might think. For example,

these were used by the ancient Egyptians, around the time of the Pharaohs. But the red led numbers would get dim and burn out over time. And you only got about a half hour of use after every recharging. So they invented the abacus instead, which lasted longer.