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05-18-2006, 03:35 PM
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What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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WTF^^...
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Here is a pic of what people thought the home computer would look like by the early 2000's..... just goes to show you never know.
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05-18-2006, 03:40 PM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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Taking life one day at a time
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City: Simpsonville
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I get the general lack of foresight and people not realizing computers would not look like something from a B grade SciFi movie But!!!!
WHAT THE HELL ARE THE STEERING WHEELS FOR BY GOD!!!
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05-18-2006, 03:40 PM
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Eyes So Tight I Pass For An Asian
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05-18-2006, 04:50 PM
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Bob is Good.
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They are clearly for playing Gran Turismo 4. I thought it was obvious...  |
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05-18-2006, 05:38 PM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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Taking life one day at a time
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With a Battleship wheel?????
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05-18-2006, 06:03 PM
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Bob is Good.
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05-18-2006, 06:24 PM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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Teh TC6!
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It was used to crank it up, like a dynamo because of all the massive lots of power such a powerful machine would need!
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05-18-2006, 06:26 PM
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Bob is Good.
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It was clearly either for "Gran Turismo 4" or "The Price Is Right: The Video Game!". |
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05-18-2006, 06:30 PM
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Teh TC6!
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Lol, Fortran for the win!
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05-18-2006, 06:36 PM
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Banned
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05-18-2006, 06:54 PM
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Bob is Good.
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Ada sucks so bad that it doesn't even know. |
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05-21-2006, 09:44 AM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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You want to **** me?
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I wonder what they thought a PDA might look like...
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05-21-2006, 09:53 AM
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sʞɔns ʇuǝɹq
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05-21-2006, 10:05 AM
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You want to **** me?
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I was thinking more along the lines of a backpack the size of a 27" tv, with a 27" TV that would show everything. 
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05-21-2006, 10:15 AM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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The first computer I ever worked on took the space of an entire room. It had a mainframe that was a Wang VS100 that was about 3 feet high, 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. The hard drives were on Disc packs that were the size of a small washing machines, there were 5 of them. The control console was about 6 feet tall. The harddrive held an amazing 288Mb each!
I'll never forget when they replaced the VS100 with the VS5000. The VS5000 was the size of a larger desktop.
We were at a loss on what to do with all the extra space. |
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05-21-2006, 01:53 PM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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WTF^^...
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yea the first laptop was like super heavy and had a 5 inch screen lol. Got punch cards? lol
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05-21-2006, 03:51 PM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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OUCH. Yes I know about coding using Keypuch machines!! Then taking all the cards to get processed!! |
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05-21-2006, 03:58 PM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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WTF^^...
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and waiting a day to hope you didnt screw it up lol
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05-21-2006, 09:12 PM
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sʞɔns ʇuǝɹq
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lol, my dad was telling me about punch cards the other day.
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05-21-2006, 09:39 PM
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Re: What people THOUGHT computer would look like by 2004
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Yeah, we used a punch card machine. It was like a typewriter. You would load these cards, about 3 inches by 8, and your would type out code or whatever and it would puncture hole like CHADS, hanging chads.
You then would take the cards in and let them be processed and hopefully you didn't screw up. Now adays, you can code and compile on a single machine.
Now it is more fun with WMI and cscripting and some power tools like VB. |
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