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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 07:22 AM
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OMG! I'm usin' Windows 3.1 for Workgroups! Ask me anything!
notepad is on FIRE!

solitare is blistering fast!

hypercard? check!

telnet? check!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 07:30 AM
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1. .
:spray:

Those were the days!

It ran sweet on the original Pentium processor (Pentium-90 CPU plus mobo had cost over $800 in 1995... Guess how much I'd spent on a Pentium-90 plus mobo?)
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 09:55 AM
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2. are you kicking it like this?
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 10:04 AM
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4. i rock the house using windows 386
freestyle and funky fresh yo!
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 09:58 AM
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3. That was the OS on my first computer.
That damned thing was a doorstop with a plug.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 10:06 AM
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5. Are you using a 56K modem too?
:rofl: :hi:
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 10:06 AM
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6. 14.4 to burn rubber on the information superhighway!!!
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 10:07 AM
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7. ...
:rofl: I'll bet you're burning rubber like a moped! :P
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 10:08 AM
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8. my moped is my "hog"
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 01:17 AM
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15. Or a unicycle
God... remember dial-up? How did we live?
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 10:10 AM
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9. My first computer was this...


It was tragic.. :rofl:
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 10:11 AM
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10. My mom had a Commodore 64K with a little color TV for the monitor.
:rofl: :yoiks:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 01:37 AM
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16. Why is that funny? That's all there was!
;) She was a 'cool kid'! ;)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 08:58 PM
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12. Your screen... it's so big! And look at the size of that floppy!
:rofl:
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 09:17 AM
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18. How true, monitors have gotten bigger (and flatter)
and floppy drives have gotten so small they've disappeared on many systems.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-21-07 08:56 PM
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11. What is your Work group name?
Mine was JUNGLE... instead of the default WORKGROUP. :argh:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 12:46 AM
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13. 3.11 was a helluva OS
I kept it around for a long time, completely ignoring the Win95 and Win98 releases.

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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 12:51 AM
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14. Bet it's still "blazing fast" -- can you imagine what the people of 2020...
Edited on Sun Apr-22-07 12:54 AM by Radio_Lady
will think of OUR systems?

I want this goddamned thing to read my brain and keyboard what I'm thinking right out...

http://www.startrekdesktopwallpaper.com/new_wallpaper/Star_Trek_Voyager_SevenOfNine_JerryRyan_desktopwallpaper_1280.shtml

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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 01:38 AM
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17. Are there still those 'hidden' messageboards?
The underground chatrooms?
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Maineiac Donating Member (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 10:14 AM
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19. Hmm, no viruses, no spyware
Nothing that goes *CRASH* in the middle of the night. Sounds like you're living large to me.
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