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Back in the day, when you got the PC you wanted, you had the monitor and keyboard, and that was it.
For programs like WordPerfect, WordStar, or Lotus 1-2-3, you had to memorize tons of different keyboard combinations. Vendors had to include keyboard overlays for those specific programs (and then some) to make it a little easier for you.
If you wanted a mouse at all, you had to buy one. And there was once a separate driver for the mouse you got.
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Back in the day, when you got the PC you wanted, you had the monitor and keyboard, and that was it.
For programs like WordPerfect, WordStar, or Lotus 1-2-3, you had to memorize tons of different keyboard combinations. Vendors had to include keyboard overlays for those specific programs (and then some) to make it a little easier for you.
If you wanted a mouse at all, you had to buy one. And there was once a separate driver for the mouse you got.
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When I was in high school I couldn't print any papers at night because my dot matrix printer was ridiculously loud, screaming in pain at each line.
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When I was in high school I couldn't print any papers at night because my dot matrix printer was ridiculously loud, screaming in pain at each line.
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When I was in high school I couldn't print any papers at night because my dot matrix printer was ridiculously loud, screaming in pain at each line.
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When I was in high school I couldn't print any papers at night because my dot matrix printer was ridiculously loud, screaming in pain at each line.
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You grab one of these and a friend, you press a couple of buttons, you behave in a silly way, and soon you have comedy gold … like this!
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You grab one of these and a friend, you press a couple of buttons, you behave in a silly way, and soon you have comedy gold … like this!
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You take the film to the store and then you have to WAIT to see the pictures 😲
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You take the film to the store and then you have to WAIT to see the pictures 😲
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You take the film to the store and then you have to WAIT to see the pictures 😲
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You take the film to the store and then you have to WAIT to see the pictures 😲
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You take the film to the store and then you have to WAIT to see the pictures 😲
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Back in the late 1800s Andrew Hallidie came up with a crazy idea of a loop of steel rope that ran under the streets of San Francisco. He figured out how to pull horseless cars up and down the hills by using a giant pair of pliers in the cars to grip the moving cable. Those ridiculous cable cars have been climbing halfway to the stars since 1873.
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Back in the late 1800s Andrew Hallidie came up with a crazy idea of a loop of steel rope that ran under the streets of San Francisco. He figured out how to pull horseless cars up and down the hills by using a giant pair of pliers in the cars to grip the moving cable. Those ridiculous cable cars have been climbing halfway to the stars since 1873.
#explainvintagetechnology -
Back in the late 1800s Andrew Hallidie came up with a crazy idea of a loop of steel rope that ran under the streets of San Francisco. He figured out how to pull horseless cars up and down the hills by using a giant pair of pliers in the cars to grip the moving cable. Those ridiculous cable cars have been climbing halfway to the stars since 1873.
#explainvintagetechnology -
Back in the late 1800s Andrew Hallidie came up with a crazy idea of a loop of steel rope that ran under the streets of San Francisco. He figured out how to pull horseless cars up and down the hills by using a giant pair of pliers in the cars to grip the moving cable. Those ridiculous cable cars have been climbing halfway to the stars since 1873.
#explainvintagetechnology -
Back in the late 1800s Andrew Hallidie came up with a crazy idea of a loop of steel rope that ran under the streets of San Francisco. He figured out how to pull horseless cars up and down the hills by using a giant pair of pliers in the cars to grip the moving cable. Those ridiculous cable cars have been climbing halfway to the stars since 1873.
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Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #musicwomenwednesday
9: #nationalsiblingsday
8: #PortfolioDay
7: #cassreview
6: #meermittwoch
5: #xmen97
4: #patitos
3: #quackity
2: #ExplainVintageTechnology
1: #IntegracionPatito -
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #musicwomenwednesday
9: #nationalsiblingsday
8: #PortfolioDay
7: #cassreview
6: #meermittwoch
5: #xmen97
4: #patitos
3: #quackity
2: #ExplainVintageTechnology
1: #IntegracionPatito -
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #musicwomenwednesday
9: #nationalsiblingsday
8: #PortfolioDay
7: #cassreview
6: #meermittwoch
5: #xmen97
4: #patitos
3: #quackity
2: #ExplainVintageTechnology
1: #IntegracionPatito -
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #musicwomenwednesday
9: #nationalsiblingsday
8: #PortfolioDay
7: #cassreview
6: #meermittwoch
5: #xmen97
4: #patitos
3: #quackity
2: #ExplainVintageTechnology
1: #IntegracionPatito -
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #musicwomenwednesday
9: #nationalsiblingsday
8: #PortfolioDay
7: #cassreview
6: #meermittwoch
5: #xmen97
4: #patitos
3: #quackity
2: #ExplainVintageTechnology
1: #IntegracionPatito -
KohWEEEEEEEE, gaggle, gagglle, gaggle, KOOWANHHH KOOWANHHHNN.
(the internet used to sound like this)
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Back in my day, a piece of technology was just a piece of technology, not an excuse to onboard the customer onto a content delivery conveyor belt.
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Back in my day, a piece of technology was just a piece of technology, not an excuse to onboard the customer onto a content delivery conveyor belt.
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Back in my day, a piece of technology was just a piece of technology, not an excuse to onboard the customer onto a content delivery conveyor belt.
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Back in my day, a piece of technology was just a piece of technology, not an excuse to onboard the customer onto a content delivery conveyor belt.
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Back in my day, a piece of technology was just a piece of technology, not an excuse to onboard the customer onto a content delivery conveyor belt.
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back in my day, we had to poop in a small shed away from the house. #ExplainVintageTechnology
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back in my day, we had to poop in a small shed away from the house. #ExplainVintageTechnology
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back in my day, we had to poop in a small shed away from the house. #ExplainVintageTechnology
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back in my day, we had to poop in a small shed away from the house. #ExplainVintageTechnology
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back in my day, we had to poop in a small shed away from the house. #ExplainVintageTechnology
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Early TV remote control. Life was hard back then. People were skinny.
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Early TV remote control. Life was hard back then. People were skinny.
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Early TV remote control. Life was hard back then. People were skinny.
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Early TV remote control. Life was hard back then. People were skinny.
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In olden days, people used paper printed and coins minted by the government to exchange for goods and services, this cash register was where the amounts that were required to pay were totaled up and the tokens kept.
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In olden days, people used paper printed and coins minted by the government to exchange for goods and services, this cash register was where the amounts that were required to pay were totaled up and the tokens kept.
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In olden days, people used paper printed and coins minted by the government to exchange for goods and services, this cash register was where the amounts that were required to pay were totaled up and the tokens kept.
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In olden days, people used paper printed and coins minted by the government to exchange for goods and services, this cash register was where the amounts that were required to pay were totaled up and the tokens kept.
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In olden days, people used paper printed and coins minted by the government to exchange for goods and services, this cash register was where the amounts that were required to pay were totaled up and the tokens kept.
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Back in the 90s, dekstop PCs had built-in cup holders. Very convenient.
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Back in the 90s, dekstop PCs had built-in cup holders. Very convenient.
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Back in the 90s, dekstop PCs had built-in cup holders. Very convenient.
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Back in the 90s, dekstop PCs had built-in cup holders. Very convenient.
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Back in the 90s, dekstop PCs had built-in cup holders. Very convenient.
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If you wanted to know what the time of temperature was, you could call a local phone number, often run by a local bank, which would tell you these things.
Some of these still exist and one in Cincinnati was recently getting more than a thousand calls per day.
https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2024-02-20/time-temp-phone-number-still-exists
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If you wanted to know what the time of temperature was, you could call a local phone number, often run by a local bank, which would tell you these things.
Some of these still exist and one in Cincinnati was recently getting more than a thousand calls per day.
https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2024-02-20/time-temp-phone-number-still-exists