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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #100 on: April 07, 2016, 01:26:42 PM »
Floppy disks that were actually floppy (soft).
Repost
When floppy disks were floppy
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #101 on: April 07, 2016, 01:30:46 PM »
What are floppy disks now?

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #102 on: April 07, 2016, 01:33:22 PM »
Repost

Oops, let me try some other ones:
Standalone caller ID displays.
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #103 on: April 07, 2016, 01:37:27 PM »


Oops, let me try some other ones:
Standalone caller ID displays.


...a caller ID was a separate machine, and needed its own jack to display the callers info...

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #104 on: April 07, 2016, 01:39:37 PM »
This was a must-have item:


With its whopping 8MB of memory ;D

Got mine on black friday 2001 for $99 IIRC.
If the battery died you lost all your data. Luckily it had great desktop backup capabilities, something that Android still lacks.
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #105 on: April 07, 2016, 01:40:37 PM »
we used tokens to ride the subway.

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #106 on: April 07, 2016, 02:05:19 PM »
This was a must-have item:


With its whopping 8MB of memory ;D

Got mine on black friday 2001 for $99 IIRC.
If the battery died you lost all your data. Luckily it had great desktop backup capabilities, something that Android still lacks.
Yup. I had one of those too, I thought it was the coolest thing.

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #107 on: April 07, 2016, 02:07:51 PM »
Yup. I had one of those too, I thought it was the coolest thing.
The really cool kids had the M515, but the joke was on them when their batteries died after a day and their data was gone.
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #108 on: April 07, 2016, 02:10:46 PM »
This was a must-have item:


With its whopping 8MB of memory ;D

Got mine on black friday 2001 for $99 IIRC.
If the battery died you lost all your data. Luckily it had great desktop backup capabilities, something that Android still lacks.
Are desktops still a thing?

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #109 on: April 07, 2016, 02:26:50 PM »
1.when the dead sea was still sick
2.when Dr. pepper was still in medical school
3.when burger king was still prince  ;D

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #110 on: April 07, 2016, 02:28:00 PM »
we used tokens to ride the subway.

And the tokens had a "Y" punched out in the center
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #111 on: April 07, 2016, 02:29:44 PM »
We had to unroll the tape after it got stuck in the machine


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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #112 on: April 07, 2016, 02:31:02 PM »
And the tokens had a "Y" punched out in the center
Now you're talking real prehistoric times  ;D (though some remnants of those were still in circulation that I can remember)
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #113 on: April 07, 2016, 02:31:17 PM »
"Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated, Trust is gained, Loyalty is returned"

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #114 on: April 07, 2016, 02:31:36 PM »
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #115 on: April 07, 2016, 02:34:03 PM »
And the tokens had a "Y" punched out in the center
Yes, you could be my father.

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #116 on: April 07, 2016, 02:35:58 PM »
Yup. I had one of those too, I thought it was the coolest thing.
So can you still write like this without referring back to the card?
 
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #117 on: April 07, 2016, 02:37:46 PM »
So can you still write like this http://www.palminfocenter.com/ss.asp?f=pilot/pilot-graffiti-L.jpg
Prob not today, but I was a wiz back in the day.

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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #118 on: April 07, 2016, 02:44:13 PM »
Anyone else here used to take their Tzedakah pennies to school in old film canisters?
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Re: I Remember When...
« Reply #119 on: April 07, 2016, 02:44:34 PM »
Backseat of the station wagon facing the back window.
Mom and pop stores that rented videos VHS.
+1. Or the middle seat between next to the driver (might have been mentioned already).