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GeekNights 081013 - Old Computers

AprecheApreche
edited October 2008 in GeekNights
Tonight on GeekNights we ramble on about old computers. In the news, Apple laptops tomorrow, study warns of hearing loss, OpenOffice 3.0, and THOMAS permanent links.

Scott's Thing - Jay Walker's Library
Rym's Thing - All RA Floor
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  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    I haven't listened yet, but I do collect old Macs.
  • mattmanmattman
    I always keep my media players at the lowest possible volume that I can hear. However, if I'm in an area with a lot of noise, I just turn off the player or turn it down to the lowest volume setting so I don't hurt my ears.
  • PagePage
    Whenever people bring up Madison I feel compelled to listen to this song. But yea, Rym is right, Madison is the man.
    In 1812, Madison was mad,
    He was the president, you know
    He thought he’d tell the British where they ought to go
    He thought he’d invade Canada,
    He thought that he was tough
    Instead we went to Washington....
    And burned down all his stuff!
  • BobblunBobblun
    I started skiing at the age of 5 and did my first double black diamond the Christmas before my tenth birthday. I got my first snowboard at the age of 13 and have only alpine skied 5 or 6 times after that. I just enjoy the freedom of the snowboard. But because I learned how to ski at an early age I learned that difficult runs are a lot more fun than doing crappy tricks and working in the pipe. I am typically the only boarder jamming the moguls and taking the 30 foot drops. Man I can't wait for the mountain to open.
    I equate my deafness to all the guns I shot as a kid, so blaming the earphones is pretty pointless.
    I had a couple friends in Junior high that had Amigas, they were always talking about how Amigas are going to take over the world and IBM's are going to die out, I laughed at them.
    I think my first computer was the Macintosh Classic SE. Oh man talk about some good times.
  • ErwinErwin
    John Adams was more awesome then James Madison.
  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    Trust me guy, you don't want to be deaf/HH. Protecting your hearing is the most important thing to do. Take it from someone who knows.
  • WalkerWalker
    edited October 2008
    Trust me guy, you don't want to be deaf/HH. Protecting your hearing is the most important thing to do. Take it from someone who knows.
    Even minor damage can majorly suck, because it causes tinnitus. Imagine having mosquitoes in your ears 24/7 and you're got a basic idea of what having serious tinnitus is like. It's not fun at all.
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  • PseudocidalPseudocidal
    Trust me guy, you don't want to be deaf/HH. Protecting your hearing is the most important thing to do. Take it from someone who knows.
    Even minor damage can majorly suck, because it causes tinnitus. Imagine having mosquitoes in your ears 24/7 and you're got a basic idea of what having serious tinnitus is like. It's not fun at all.
    I've had it since I was two and I don't really mind it. It comes in handy for me when I need to gauge a high-pitched sound.
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Oh my god, I read Bearstone! I remember Cloyd! Didn't he chainsaw up that guy's peach trees?
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    Trust me guy, you don't want to be deaf/HH. Protecting your hearing is the most important thing to do. Take it from someone who knows.
    Even minor damage can majorly suck, because it causes tinnitus. Imagine having mosquitoes in your ears 24/7 and you're got a basic idea of what having serious tinnitus is like. It's not fun at all.
    I've had it since I was two and I don't really mind it. It comes in handy for me when I need to gauge a high-pitched sound.
    I was diagnosed with it by an audiologist, but I don't hear it. I'm debating on getting a pair of etymodics.
  • Dr. TimoDr. Timo
    Man, Jay Walker's library did to me what the H-bomb did to Hiro.
  • AprecheApreche
    I equate my deafness to all the guns I shot as a kid, so blaming the earphones is pretty pointless.
    If you have any hearing left at all, it is still possible to damage it. Even if you've already lost half your hearing, no point in losing the rest. Also, you are supposed to wear ear protection when shooting!
  • RandomlyBoredRandomlyBored
    Wow "Octopus of Love"...It was a typically grainy video of some guy swimming underwater and singing. I remember this much:

    "I've got a girl she's got eight arms...
    Wraps 'em around me, hold me ti-i-i-ght
    I've got a girl she's got eight arms...
    Wraps 'em around me, squeezes me ri-i-i-ght..."

    I think it may have been from Packard Bell, because that was one of my family's first computers. Next stop: Youtube!
  • VinceAVinceA
    My first computer was a Sinclair ZX-80. One kilobyte of RAM, four kilobytes of ROM containing the BIOS & BASIC. I learned Z-80 assembler so I could squeeze more out of the small amount of memory.

    I think ICQ was my first 'instant' messaging program also...
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    My first compy was a 486 dx-40 with 4mb of ram. It blows my mind that I just ordered a computer with 4GB of ram. No way I would've believed that back then. And I also learned to type largely through chatting -- though mine was on local BBSes.
  • BobblunBobblun
    Even if you've already lost half your hearing, no point in losing the rest
    Oh, don't get me wrong I cherish every bit of hearing I have left. I was just saying that blaming my hearing loss on headphones is kinda dumb. Also wearing hearing protection makes hunting rather difficult, being that you can't hear what you're hunting for.
  • AprecheApreche
    Oh, don't get me wrong I cherish every bit of hearing I have left. I was just saying that blaming my hearing loss on headphones is kinda dumb.
    It's not dumb at all. It is fact, thoroughly supported by scientific research.
    Also wearing hearing protection makes hunting rather difficult, being that you can't hear what you're hunting for.
    If you're hunting, you shouldn't be firing your weapon that often that it would damage your hearing so much. I can understand losing your hearing on a rifle range where weapons are being fired constantly. If you lose your hearing while hunting you are firing too often, or hunting too often.
  • RymRym
    Also wearing hearing protection makes hunting rather difficult, being that you can't hear what you're hunting for.
    If you fire enough rounds hunting to hurt your hearing significantly, you need to work on your aim. ^_~
  • BobblunBobblun
    you need to work on your aim. ^_~
    Nice.
    Firing a shotgun once can do damage to your ears. When I do go to the range, which is very rare, I wear the best hearing protection available. I do not doubt that hearing loss can be linked to those ear buds. That's all.
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    you need to work on your aim. ^_~
    Nice.
    Firing a shotgun once can do damage to your ears. When I do go to the range, which is very rare, I wear the best hearing protection available. I do not doubt that hearing loss can be linked to those ear buds. That's all.
    Seconded. Guns are no joke. Just once can cause hearing damage. For hunting I recommend those electronic ear protection that let you hear, but switch off when they register a loud noise. I recommend the same thing if you spend any amount of time around straight pipe race cars.
  • BobblunBobblun
    Scott's thing of the day is awesome. I would pay good money just to walk around that place.
  • SymmetrySymmetry
    My dorm had a pretty good screening process for RAs, so ours were generally either really awesome or nice and laid back.
  • sucrilhossucrilhos
    Tinnitus can be hereditary, my grandfather had it and I have it. It gets really bad though after a session of loud whatever. Also kinds of food can make it worst. Caffeine makes it louder for some reason.
    My first computer was a 486 SX 33, I can't remember the brand, but it was a big PC builder company a while ago, I think it closed down. It didn't come with a multimedia kit, so the next Christmas I asked my dad for one, and I got a radio shack multimedia kit. It came with CD-ROM drive, speakers, and a sound-blaster, I think it was the cheapest sound-blaster, but it worked on every game, after tinkering loads with expanded and extended memory to make everything work, mouse, sound, ah, does days... So I got the kit, and the computer, actually my mom's computer. Guess what, she did not let me put it together, because she thought I was gonna break it. So when she left for work I did it anyway, and was grounded for 2 weeks no PC, but after that, CDs and sound! Oh yeah!
    Most memorable games to me where Under a Killing Moon, Companions of Xanth, Wing Commander 2 and the X-wing. Good times.
  • Conan-SanConan-San
    Oh man, the old Primary school I used to go to had one of those macs where you'd place the CD into a cartridge and put it in the slot. Does anyone remember that kind of mac?
  • AprecheApreche
    Oh man, the old Primary school I used to go to had one of those macs where you'd place the CD into a cartridge and put it in the slot. Does anyone remember that kind of mac?
    Yes, that is what our library had. However, it wasn't just Macs that had the CD-ROM cartridges. All early CD-ROM drives needed those cartridges.
  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    edited October 2008
    My first comp was my Dad's handed down Mac Plus, the last hardware revision made to the Plus series, with 5mb internal and a 20 mb external; I still use from time to time. I used that for several years until I got some hacked together PC computer that my Dad put together using old pieces, then he upgraded the same computer with a few new parts.

    Then he built me my own in 9th grade. It's a Pent 4 3.00 Ghz processor, 1 gb of RAM soon to be 2, and a 160gb drive. Upgraded to a Radeon (6300?) 512 mb and 400gb internal drive.

    Then my 17-inch G4 Power Book and then my current gen 17-inch Mac Book Pro. This doesn't include my small collection of old Macs.
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  • MrRobotoMrRoboto
    My first one was an IBM PS/1 8megs of ram 360megs HD, windows 3.1/DOS, sound Blaster 16 and 4x CD drive.
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    Tinnitus can be hereditary, my grandfather had it and I have it. It gets really bad though after a session of loud whatever. Also kinds of food can make it worst. Caffeine makes it louder for some reason.
    I have tinnitus in my left ear due to scarring of the ear drum by ear infections.

    Does anyone have any home treatments for tinnitus?
  • Conan-SanConan-San
    edited October 2008
    Oh man, the old Primary school I used to go to had one of those macs where you'd place the CD into a cartridge and put it in the slot. Does anyone remember that kind of mac?
    Yes, that is what our library had. However, it wasn't just Macs that had the CD-ROM cartridges. All early CD-ROM drives needed those cartridges.
    Did the guys who made those figure that people were too stupid to deal with CD Media unless it was made to look like a floppy disk?
    Post edited by Conan-San on
  • AprecheApreche
    Did the guys who made those figure that people were too stupid to deal with CD Media unless it was made to look like a floppy disk?
    No, it was technologically necessary at the time.
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