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Wyodiver33 · 03-18-2010, 02:02 PM

I think my first modem was a 2400 hooked to a Pionex 486 DX, 33 Mhz. 2 MB RAM, 220 MB HDD. 14 " VGA monitor. Lol. But something the younger crowd may not understand, it may have been a slow modem but I was pretty thrilled, at the time, to be able to get on Compuserve, Prodigy, etc. Prior to that I had an Amiga 500, Atari 520ST, Commodore 64, etc. But that Pionex was my first computer that had a HDD and a modem.

Don't get me wrong, I love modern computers. But I think the 80's and 90's were kind of the "golden age" of personal computers. If you've never typed in a long program from a magazine or used a tape-drive I don't want to hear any complaining about your slow broadband speed. Or complaints about a 1 TB hard drive costing a whopping $100.

03-18-2010, 02:02 PM	#38 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	I think my first modem was a 2400 hooked to a Pionex 486 DX, 33 Mhz. 2 MB RAM, 220 MB HDD. 14 " VGA monitor. Lol. But something the younger crowd may not understand, it may have been a slow modem but I was pretty thrilled, at the time, to be able to get on Compuserve, Prodigy, etc. Prior to that I had an Amiga 500, Atari 520ST, Commodore 64, etc. But that Pionex was my first computer that had a HDD and a modem. Don't get me wrong, I love modern computers. But I think the 80's and 90's were kind of the "golden age" of personal computers. If you've never typed in a long program from a magazine or used a tape-drive I don't want to hear any complaining about your slow broadband speed. Or complaints about a 1 TB hard drive costing a whopping $100. __________________ I like stuff.