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Oct 7, 2011 03:16:35 #

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

Donaldaq wrote:

arphot wrote:

Still have my abacus. I can always count on it ;)

I would love to see you compute and plot fractals with your abacus.

you could do it but it would just take a while

Oct 7, 2011 22:06:11 #

dragonfist Loc: Stafford, N.Y.

Actually my son still has a working 8 track player.

Oct 8, 2011 03:53:52 #

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

I have my Osborne computer in my closet from 1982

Oct 8, 2011 05:54:43 #

DB Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

I love this thread... I have friends who have a 45 rpm record player in their car.... and my first computer had a whopping 64mb harddrive..... dang we are OLD.... or at least I am. I won't be here in 1,000 years so it really doesn't make any difference. :D

Oct 11, 2011 14:32:44 #

krisvictor Loc: Virginia, USA

Hmmm.. How about if you wrap your photos in aluminum foil, dip it in layers of wax, stick it in pottery, seal that in wax, attach a coin on the pottery using left-over wax and throw it in the middle of the desert. This way, the photos are in total darkness because of the foil, the wax keeps it air tight, the pottery is for the fact that pottery lasts thousands of years and the coin is to make sure someone finds it. (Without the coin, its just old pottery. With the coin, its lost treasure! woo hoo!). Losing it in the desert makes certain no one finds it too quickly. Imprint Do not open for 1000 years on the wax just in case. Once retrieved, the finder will not need "antique" electronics to view your pictures. They will just peel back the foil and say "WOW"!

ps
I lost my Commodore 64. If found, please ummm... errr... nm.

Oct 14, 2011 17:52:19 #

Annabelle

SQUIRL033 wrote:

quote=johnr9999 a recent blurb announced a new dv... (show quote)

What a hilarious idea! Maybe it'll read all those old floppy disks from the 1970s?

Oct 18, 2011 18:37:12 #

zaroba Loc: Pennsylvania

SQUIRL033 wrote:

i'd guess that in another 20 years or so, DVDs will be as archaic as vinyl records are now. they'll still retain data, but finding an I/O device to read them will be like finding a working 8-track tape deck...

better bet... transfer your data, photos, or other important files to new data storage systems as they become available. it's a hassle, but at least you won't be in the position of having all your data on a floppy only to discover that your new computer only has a CD drive...

believe it or not, people still buy floppy drives and discs.
don't quite understand why because cds are cheaper.

Oct 22, 2011 20:24:25 #