Modems and . . . . Go-Go Boots

David Jimerson

David Jimerson

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In the '70s, it made perfect sense.

http://www.2spare.com/item_92760.aspx


(I will ignore the profound resemblance to my mom.)
 
Look at the size of that toaster oven! Probably connect you at the lighting fast speed of 2400 baud.
 
My dad worked for Litton Industries circa 1971 - 1975 in Los Angeles. It was like living in Don Draper's house for a while there. Li execs flew all over the SouthWest for their huge defense business, and SouthWest was the hot new airline of choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR7JApjgIGw&NR=1

PSA's dress code was smoking hot too.

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Yeah, that happened and I was lucky enough to be there.

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My Amiga 1200 had a 40MB HD and I thought I was in heaven. Then again, apps ran well in under 2MB of memory space.
 
Oh yeah, Ming? Back in my day I had an A500 with no HD and a 2-meg Minimegs RAM module that stuck off the side like a colostomy bag. And I liked it!

Don't make me go back to my TI99-4a.

I don't think I'll ever recover from dropping $1100 for a 32Mb RAM stick for my Mac 7500. Yowza.
 
I remember my dad bringing home the first TRS-80 that he had fully loaded with 16k. I think it wasnt until 90 that he got an "IBM-clone".

I did all my high school papers on a TRS-80, then Apple II. The office at school had the same printer so it wasnt hard to print a new report card to show to mom and dad - or even get the acting work permit renewed. Good times.

heh... 16k. tape drives.
 
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