and now for something completely different....

[Wolfman]

Interesting comparisons. Short read.

http://blog.american.com/?p=15664

[Wolfman]

Good old Apple 2E. Anyone remember writing in BASIC ? We thought it was so high tech. Wonder what kind of gadgets and technology my Grandchildren will have when they are my age.



My latest home computer, about $600.

[Mikey]

Spent almost $4K on high end stereo stuff in the early 80s, mostly Denon. Still have and use all of it, except for the CD player which was a very early model and now tends to skip too easily, and the speakers.

The power amp is a monster, which weighs about 50 lb and is rated at 200 watts per channel RMS. It cost about $700 back then and I woudn't trade that thing for almost anything available today.

Looks like this:



The speakers were 10" 3 way JBL floor standing monitors, mahogany veneer, which would blow you out of the room with the volume at 50% on the pre-amp. The wife made made me sell them 10 years ago because they didn't fit with our furniture. Something I will always regret.

[Screw_Michigan]

The wife made made me sell them 10 years ago because they didn't fit with our furniture. Something I will always regret.

And you folded like a cheap suit. Paaaa-thetic.

[Mikey]

The wife made made me sell them 10 years ago because they didn't fit with our furniture. Something I will always regret.

And you folded like a cheap suit. Paaaa-thetic.

Won't get any argument here. Still got the amp though, and one of these days, Alice, one of these days...

[Screw_Michigan]

Good old Apple 2E. Anyone remember writing in BASIC ?

I actually taught myself HTML by the book in the mid 90s, before WYSIWYG web editors (Netscape Communicator) were created. I could do crude web pages. In a preview to my future sports reporting career, I used to do recaps of all my high school hockey games. I wish I still had that shit online to read.