[OFB Cafe] Old Computers for Old Guys (was: Re: Introductions?)

[Timothy Butler]

> My first (PC) GUI, and shortly after my first mouse. I still  
> remember my
> excitement at seeing the cursor move around the screen.

	What was your first GUI, Terence?

>
>
> The first (dot matrix) printer, and the first -crap output- letters  
> and
> staff papers print-outs.


	Ah, my bitter enemy. Dot matrix printers. Grrrr...

> Then the first CD-ROM and the Britannica for my children (so I said).

	Yes, fun. I had Grolier's Multimedia Ency

> Laptops, usb sticks- well, it doesn't stop, and for me the wonder goes
> on (three states now possible - a trit?), roaming access, powerful
> computers as mobile 'phones......

	I'm hoping the next advance will be 3G/4G cellular internet so cheap  
and reliable that the Internet is simply ubiquitous without paying a  
fortunate to have ubiquity.


	-Tim

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