tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post7578723676579239046..comments2023-12-12T09:13:49.401-05:00Comments on Mr. Knowitall: Thursday Portrait.....G-Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-85274057574415297302011-02-19T03:04:08.183-05:002011-02-19T03:04:08.183-05:00We had 2 Vic 20's, 2 C64's, 2 Commosore di...We had 2 Vic 20's, 2 C64's, 2 Commosore disc drives and an Amiga - before Commodore went bust and we moved on to Macs. The University department I worked in (late 70's) was full of Commodore Pets . . some with as much as 32K (that's K) of storage. I remember at one Faculty Meeting, during the usual battle for research funds, a colleague in Electrical Engineering saying "How can the Mechanical Engineers possibly claim they need more than 16K storage" Those were the days!Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-89631150483341491742011-02-18T22:13:03.017-05:002011-02-18T22:13:03.017-05:00i was gonna say....i remember when the 64 came out...i was gonna say....i remember when the 64 came out. i was in high school.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-65610555453603982242011-02-18T16:44:51.154-05:002011-02-18T16:44:51.154-05:00I didn't even notice the date in that last pos...I didn't even notice the date in that last post. I got my first laptop in 1992.secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-27801061764393421272011-02-17T22:59:40.158-05:002011-02-17T22:59:40.158-05:00When I was a teenager in the 80's, we couldn&#...When I was a teenager in the 80's, we couldn't afford a Commodore 64 so we got the wimpier version-- a Commodore Vic-20.<br /><br />OMG.<br /><br />I have no idea how anyone was ever able to accomplish <i>anything</i> on those.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827716404911856909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-53087550046835418172011-02-17T18:21:17.979-05:002011-02-17T18:21:17.979-05:00Sometimes we need to take poetic license...and you...Sometimes we need to take poetic license...and you are surely entitled to a little! ;)Lulda Casadagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02508948508691985244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-60174432001148248212011-02-17T17:48:25.610-05:002011-02-17T17:48:25.610-05:00Whew! I knew that but wasn't going to correct ...Whew! I knew that but wasn't going to correct you. I was taught to always respect your elders.Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740116535206060176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-57299554520642190532011-02-17T15:58:37.478-05:002011-02-17T15:58:37.478-05:00Is there really a car that sounds like commode!Is there really a car that sounds like commode!Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615034229525061880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-12026431256261421892011-02-17T10:49:20.568-05:002011-02-17T10:49:20.568-05:00I didn't even think of the decade - just remem...I didn't even think of the decade - just remembered the machines. And now you mentioned slide-rulers and I'm getting hives (I'm allergic to math)!TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-37462274648524225192011-02-17T10:18:04.196-05:002011-02-17T10:18:04.196-05:00I nearly choked when I read KB's comment. LO...I nearly choked when I read KB's comment. LOLAkelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-13146018885727034862011-02-17T06:12:38.165-05:002011-02-17T06:12:38.165-05:00Dude you used a slide rule, my old man used a slid...Dude you used a slide rule, my old man used a slide rule and as far as i know everyone in America used a slide rule---except for me. I got knocked down 55 times for not being able to use a slide rule. At least i thought it was 55 times...i had no way of knowing because they didn't have calculators back then. They had Commodores.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-19799229159650323372011-02-16T23:56:34.307-05:002011-02-16T23:56:34.307-05:00Shall we change your name to Mr Bull-Shit? Hehe.Shall we change your name to Mr Bull-Shit? Hehe.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621937316200868307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-38859097646089212012011-02-16T22:59:19.186-05:002011-02-16T22:59:19.186-05:00i would have never known!!! but i love the simple ...i would have never known!!! but i love the simple honesty in this post, well done galen!! hope to post a fff this week. the roofers are coming tomorowclean and crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156586299182570611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-70249018165574186342011-02-16T22:32:10.964-05:002011-02-16T22:32:10.964-05:00nice...it was the 64 we had...commodore 55s eh...h...nice...it was the 64 we had...commodore 55s eh...hmm...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-9284918701793694422011-02-16T22:21:22.798-05:002011-02-16T22:21:22.798-05:00But they had singing Commodores in the 70s. I'...But they had <b>singing</b> Commodores in the 70s. I'm going to try to actually see Thursday evening morph into Friday tomorrow night.:PSerenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-1929209335766125302011-02-16T21:29:56.976-05:002011-02-16T21:29:56.976-05:00Ha- I didn't comment yesterday ya know why? gr...Ha- I didn't comment yesterday ya know why? growing up in Silicon Valley (down the street from the famous HP garage)I kinda know computer history - though I dont know main frame in the midwest in someone's house hmmm possible<br /><br />my kids were given one of the first Mac's by one of the many who made a mint in the early Apple Days<br /><br /><br /><br />Nice Try thoughOne Stop - The Place For Poets, Writers and Artistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020684469937853500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-43596513890882255732011-02-16T20:55:24.965-05:002011-02-16T20:55:24.965-05:00I knew better, but I figured you had something up ...I knew better, but I figured you had something up your sleeve, G-Man.Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819635251895015897.post-26978213496220044072011-02-16T20:20:35.330-05:002011-02-16T20:20:35.330-05:00ah you are just a futuristic kind of guy -- dreami...ah you are just a futuristic kind of guy -- dreaming about what was to come.....I shouldn't tell but I worked in a large computer room in the late 60"s for a toy manufacturer we designed 'new' toys It took a whole room to produce some data, from punch cards that were typed in and that room was darn cold. <br /><br />joannyjoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338150531816845279noreply@blogger.com