Used the punched paper tape in high school.Ooh, are you proper old skool with the punch-hole cards?
Did your computer look like this?
Upgraded to IBM punch cards in college.
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Kids these days will never know the struggle
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Upgraded to IBM punch cards in college.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Dial up is still around, and for some still the only option. There was nothing except dial up and satallitte (which is very crappy) around here until about 10 years ago.
The Emperor of Mankind
Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Isn't it obvious? It's a hieroglyph printing machine from back in Revolting's youth.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
I remember once my step father was downloading this film called 'Pitch Black' on dial-up, so we all had no internet for like days. Then when it finally downloaded it was just two hours of a pitch black screen
Sometimes you have to be careful what you ask for...
I was going to bring this up. In the USA a few million people still use dial up. FOr a while I had throttled pre-pay phone that's speed was slightly better than dialup, just slightly (like 0.05 megabits down or something). and it was pretty bad but managable for the most basic stuff (email and facebook loaded for me usually, but facebook had issues but just good enough to use messenger lol).
Also thousands of floppy discs are still made every year. I have no idea who is using them though.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
I don't see why anyone would want to use them still. Small picture files and text documents were/are about all they're good for, and email and cloud storage has pretty much rendered them obsolete and useless even if your computer has a drive for them.
The Kilted Heathen
Crow FreyjasmaðR
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
I remember playing games like DooM II, Duke3d, and Diablo I over a 28.8k modem during the mid 90's, and we only had one phone line, so we had to designate a time of day we could "surf the web". I would often be in the middle of playing a game online and lose connection when one of my parents forgot we were online and would pick the phone up to make a call. I remember having my own geocities hompage with embedded midi music and animated GIF images. Black background and red text, of course.
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One of these days you'll move to the first world...
Had a government client that stored small documents and encryption keys on them. They stated that the rarity of the medium made it more secure.
We managed not to laugh at a well-funded government agency thinking their data was safer because no-one owns floppy drives these days. Only just.
A lot of businesses still use DOS.
(I still do....but no floppies....USB drives.)
It's hard to abandon what works.
There very good for security, stable yet easily destroyed. Requires special equipment to access them. Not as easy to hide, lose or confuse. I would recommend them for anyone that has security concerns.
Sell it to a university.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Does Australia not have remote rural areas, too?
Bahahahahaha...
Have you ever seen a population density map of Australia?
So yes, indeed we do. To ridiculous levels. I pick on them too. I'm an equal-area cheap shot petty wanker.
Jesus Christ. In BrE this word is so offensive. I mean like it's up there with c*nt.