Sad, old geeks

[Barleycorn]

Prestel - that was it!

We used to be able to get our MMB milk quality results from there and there was a company (was it called 'farmlink' that did farming news?

We did beef costings on Prestel. Had a little self contained terminal recycled from the travel agents.
Had an Apple 1 in the early 80s, boy that was slow!

 

[sjt01]

Charles?

If you enjoy discussion of MOND as Oz seemed to. Something to do with relativity etc - Modified Newtonian Dynamics

 

[Y Fan Wen]

First Acorn in 1989 when risc os 2 came out. 40M hd cost 300 retro fitted.
1998- Risc PC, s/h. Memory upgrade from 4M to 24.
2000- Processor upgrade.
2001- Dialup and ukba starts.
2006- Windows 2k.
2008- Broadband and bff.
2009- WXP.
2014 ARMinX and W7.
2015 Linux laptop.
Risc pc and ARMiniX are used for accounts, correspondence, spreadsheets.
Linux for pictures and web.
Windows for tag program.
Next year, new laptop with Ubuntu 18 lts and if I'm feeling flush a risc Titanium or RapidO

 

[An Gof]

Talking of Harper, did any of you know Peter Allen. he did alot with cow diets and had his own company and software.
He lives in our village and became a good friend and neighbour to my late father over the last few years.

Sadly of an age that can just remember Peter Allen. Also “chappy” Luscombe

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Just came across this ad:

kano.me/store/uk/products/computer-kit

 

[steveR]

If you enjoy discussion of MOND as Oz seemed to. Something to do with relativity etc - Modified Newtonian Dynamics

Is that what it was......

 

[steveR]

2014 ARMinX and W7.
2015 Linux laptop.
Risc pc and ARMiniX are used for accounts, correspondence, spreadsheets.
Linux for pictures and web.
Windows for tag program.
Next year, new laptop with Ubuntu 18 lts and if I'm feeling flush a risc Titanium or RapidO

Deffo, serious Level One geekiness!

I tried and tried to get into Linux, and in spite of lots of encouragement from an old mate who ran the local Linux UG, I think I had got computers out of my system by then!

 

[steveR]

I started using internet in msn chat rooms! When studying agriculture. Must have been around 1998. Actually met up with a couple girls I tried to chat up through it!

Yeah yeah, agriculture yeah... boring boring... But did you score with the early, and probably trend setting, Online dating???

 

[J B]

We did beef costings on Prestel. Had a little self contained terminal recycled from the travel agents.
Had an Apple 1 in the early 80s, boy that was slow!

Pah ... we had a 11e

Farmplan Dairy program - Farmtrack one and two
Farmplan costings program.

A quick Google says they are still trading - who was the 'salesman', Roger someone??

 

[steveR]

Just came across this ad:

kano.me/store/uk/products/computer-kit

Neat, very neat indeed. Happily I have kicked the habit and can now ignore such toys.... most of the time.

 

[steveR]

Pah ... we had a 11e

Farmplan Dairy program - Farmtrack one and two
Farmplan costings program.

A quick Google says they are still trading - who was the 'salesman', Roger someone??

Apple 11 huh, flash bugger even then.... I did lust after one I have to admit.

 

[tim@marford]

First on line in 1993. Required by daughter unprepared to pay for land line calls from Exeter Uni!
Series of desktops since but always one step behind the curve.
I find this forum too busy to engage properly as threads progress too rapidly for a *twice a day* poster.
Nice to see some remembered tags

 

[jpd]

remember waiting with great expectation for win 97
big jump from win 3.11 for workgroups
might run for an hour then need rebooting
which seem to take another hour
win 97 came on about 12 floppies
only the millionaires had cd readers

 

[Boysground]

Although not in agriculture I think my father in law can out geek most. He was in the RAF for his national service working with radar. After he left he worked for Marconi and ended up on the development team for LEO the Lyons Electronic Office. Keeping this on topic it's the food group Lyons. This was the 1st office computer. He was one of the 1st people to have an office computer. No internet then or storage on the machine and definitely not portable.

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[Pheasant Surprise]

remember waiting with great expectation for win 97
big jump from win 3.11 for workgroups
might run for an hour then need rebooting
which seem to take another hour
win 97 came on about 12 floppies
only the millionaires had cd readers

Was there a Windows 97? Windows 95 perhaps you were thinking of.

I still remember loading Office using floppies. I think it was Office 95. Office 97 was on CD. What a difference!

 

[SilliamWhale]

First on line in 1993. Required by daughter unprepared to pay for land line calls from Exeter Uni!
Series of desktops since but always one step behind the curve.
I find this forum too busy to engage properly as threads progress too rapidly for a *twice a day* poster.
Nice to see some remembered tags

Just click on new posts each time or put new posts as a favourite and you can whip through about 4 pages in a couple of minutes.

 

[Oat]

Remember BASIC anyone ?

10 PRINT "Hello"
20 GOTO 10

 

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[J B]

 

[7610 super q]

There's an " IF " , " THEN " , and " NEXT " missing somewhere.......