Guest Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 My dot matrix printer... Daisy Wheel printers so you get typewriter quality! My parents bought me one without realizing I couldn't do graphics with it. And it was loud and slow and didn't really work well with my old Atari 800XL! My printer in college was an Apple Imagewriter II which could do color if you put in the multicolor ribbon cartridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ poolboy48220 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I wish they still had dot-matrix printers that handled continuous-form paper (with the little holes on the side on the perforated strip you could remove). For reading computer programs, that was the best. + easygoingpal and + Charlie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBiDude Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I wish they still had dot-matrix printers that handled continuous-form paper (with the little holes on the side on the perforated strip you could remove). For reading computer programs, that was the best. 132 column please... + easygoingpal and + FrankR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I wish they still had dot-matrix printers that handled continuous-form paper (with the little holes on the side on the perforated strip you could remove). For reading computer programs, that was the best. Good old tractor feed, believe it or not I think Okidata still makes them for multi-copy forms/reciepts. As for 132 column, I remember when Epson came out with a beast of a tractor feed dot matrix that was that wide and could crank out tons of pages per minute. Was very popular with financial customers with large reports. I deployed many LAN attached versions in my early career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ g56whiz Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 How about the pig farmer who came twice a week to empty the in ground garbage pail by the back door? marylander1940 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I remember the ice man delivering blocks of ice for our icebox. My father insisted that we didn't need an electric refrigerator. My spouse still calls the refrigerator "the icebox." marylander1940, + Oliver, + easygoingpal and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ g56whiz Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 My spouse still calls the refrigerator "the icebox." OK but does your Livingroom have a couch divan or sofa? + azdr0710 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 OK but does your Livingroom have a couch divan or sofa? Couch. + bashful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 OK but does your Livingroom have a couch divan or sofa? My grandmother always called it a davenport MikeBiDude, + bashful, marylander1940 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ FrankR Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Daisy Wheel printers so you get typewriter quality! My parents bought me one without realizing I couldn't do graphics with it. And it was loud and slow and didn't really work well with my old Atari 800XL! My printer in college was an Apple Imagewriter II which could do color if you put in the multicolor ribbon cartridge. I remember researching the difference between inkjet and bubble jet printers 30 years ago. Which wasnt easy because there wasnt a google search engine. I had to buy a PC magazine at a newstand... ??♂️ + g56whiz, liubit, + easygoingpal and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sniper Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Separate days off for Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday. + Oliver, Danny-Darko and + Charlie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudynate Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I remember the ice man delivering blocks of ice for our icebox. My father insisted that we didn't need an electric refrigerator. On hot summer days, the ice man would give us chips of ice. Even though it was only ice, we all just loved it. + bashful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudynate Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Netscape Navigator and WordStar Wordstar is truly from another era. Pre-DOS even. I don't think of Netscape as being that old. I worked pretty closely with several of the founders of Netscape. A web browser is still a web browser, although modern browsers have capabilities unimaginable in the early 90s. + easygoingpal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ poolboy48220 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Wordstar is truly from another era. Pre-DOS even. True, we were running CP/M on Intertec Superbrains. Getting the hard drive that connected to all six machines in the office was a huge step up from 5" floppy disks. This was 1981 or so. width=322pxhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Intertec_Superbrain.jpg[/img] MikeBiDude and + easygoingpal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 When I began using computers at work each program was on its own 5.25" floppy disk. Spellcheck was also on a 5.25" floppy disk. So much fun. + easygoingpal and + Charlie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ jeezopete Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 My grandmother always called it a davenport My grandparents gave us their davenport for our basement family room after they bought new furniture. I also remember: returning glass Coca-Cola bottles for a 5 cent refund (I think they came in an 8 pack) hitting the return bar on our manual typewriter our first TV remote control had a cord that attached it to the TV Incredible Edibles https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1966-mattel-incredible-edibles-set-20678605 sunburns every summer (we had suntan lotion, but no sunscreen) $1.75 bought our weekly lunch ticket at school (it was cardboard & punched with a hole punch each day we used it) + azdr0710, + Charlie and + sync 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Coolwave35 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Chilean miners Tokyo olympics being cancelled A president being impeached twice Kim and Kanye filing for divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSR Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 My grandparents gave us their davenport for our basement family room after they bought new furniture. I also remember: returning glass Coca-Cola bottles for a 5 cent refund (I think they came in an 8 pack) hitting the return bar on our manual typewriter our first TV remote control had a cord that attached it to the TV Incredible Edibles https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1966-mattel-incredible-edibles-set-20678605 sunburns every summer (we had suntan lotion, but no sunscreen) $1.75 bought our weekly lunch ticket at school (it was cardboard & punched with a hole punch each day we used it) I remember our first TV "remote" attached by a wire. You could turn the TV on/off & switch channels (all four of them, pre-cable). But because the wire was kinda short, you had to sit on the floor in front of the TV to use the remote. Still, we thought it was super-cool, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On hot summer days, the ice man would give us chips of ice. Even though it was only ice, we all just loved it. no wonder kids weren't fat then. Now that same ice would be full of sugar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Chilean miners Tokyo olympics being cancelled A president being impeached twice Kim and Kanye filing for divorce. LOL, you kid! do you remember her first divorce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBiDude Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 returning glass Coca-Cola bottles for a 5 cent refund (I think they came in an 8 pack) My friends and I would collect and return them for “candy money”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ purplekow Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I am old enough to remember Eisenhower's heart attack on the golf course and the panic I felt as a child not sure what that would mean for me and my parents. And I am old enough to not remember what I had for lunch. + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 My grandparents gave us their davenport for our basement family room after they bought new furniture. I also remember: returning glass Coca-Cola bottles for a 5 cent refund (I think they came in an 8 pack) hitting the return bar on our manual typewriter our first TV remote control had a cord that attached it to the TV Incredible Edibles https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1966-mattel-incredible-edibles-set-20678605 sunburns every summer (we had suntan lotion, but no sunscreen) $1.75 bought our weekly lunch ticket at school (it was cardboard & punched with a hole punch each day we used it) I remember having to buy a manual typewriter to take to college, after my high school guidance counselor explained to me that my professors probably would not take kindly to me turning in handwritten term papers. I still have never learned how to type. + 7829V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2play Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I remember the ice man delivering blocks of ice for our icebox. My father insisted that we didn't need an electric refrigerator. We had an icebox and wood stove at our cottage north of Montreal in the Laurentian mountains until 1954, when electricity came to the county. And the iceman was the local farmer who sawed the ice in the winter into large blocks and stored in his barn all summer under a cover of sawdust to keep it from melting. We were the last generation of kids that went from the city with all the latest appliances to a country home for 3 months in the summer that had oil lamps, no electricity, but we did have a battery radio, a big floor model that looked like the electric one we had in the city. We did have running water (cold) supplied from a tank that was fed by a pump powered by a small gas powered motor. We thought the experience was great. liubit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ bashful Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 On hot summer days, the ice man would give us chips of ice. Even though it was only ice, we all just loved it. The Twin Pines milkman used to give us ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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