--- In vantage@y..., Frank D'Andrea <frankd@p...> wrote:
> Now you guys did it! You pulled me into this thread.
> All this talk about OLD makes me wanna take the dust off my trusty
old
> commodore 64, hook up my 14" black and white tv and play Pac-Man. :)
>
> Frank D'Andrea
> Pine Valley Packaging Ltd.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pablo Garza [mailto:pgarza@d...]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 9:16 AM
> To: 'vantage@y...'
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] [off-topic] Old guys/gals?
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> I'm a product of 80s' technology, one of my engineering professors
made us
> perform all mathematic functions with a slide rule. In fact, I
still have it
> on top of my PC with an RS232 cable glued to it to confuse young
engineers.
>
> Pablo-
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Katzenberger [mailto:wkatz@e...]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:03 AM
> To: vantage@y...
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] [off-topic] Old guys/gals?
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> I may have a real relic, A Post VersaLog. For those of you that
just read
> that and said "What?" It's a slide rule that I proudly display
behind my
> desk.
>
> I used it in my early days of Engineering before desktop
calculators were
> invented that could do trig & Etc.
>
> Wayne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilmoth, Deb [mailto:Deb@r...]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 6:04 PM
> To: 'vantage@y...'
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] [off-topic] Old guys/gals?
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>
> Landfill! I hope a few of those ended up in museums somewhere!!!
I found
> one being used as a bookmark and was tickled to be able to show a
real one
> to my kids! The business school at my University was designed to
look
> like a computer punched card when it was built in the late 70's.
Hmmm!
> It's little wonder that the University is on a campaign to build a
new
> structure. I wonder how many kids on campus today know that piece
of
> trivia!?! $.02 of "memory" from another dinosaur!
>
> Deb
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@c...]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 12:28 PM
> To: vantage@y...
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] [off-topic] Old guys/gals?
>
>
> Please let me add one more-found a box in my garage containing the
punched
> cards for the Fortran and Cobol programs I wrote in college. They
are not
> heavy enough for doorstops, so they are in the landfill.
>
> Lydia
>
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