A Mega Thread That Makes No Sense

[MossRoad]

What I find the most interesting thing about this place is the age of a lot of these members here. You have guys in their 70's and 80's who are posting everyday on here. It kind of blows my mind as most people from that generation are computer illiterate yet this crowd here has completely blown all those stereotypes away by a long shot.

I learned about computers in my late teens and early 20's from people that were 10-20 years older than me.

I'm 61 -

 

[BravoXray]

That "Good Morning" thread is the equivalent of old guys at the country store sitting around drinking coffee. I don't go there, but some of the posters I notice seem to be members who were active long ago, but now just stop by to check up on old friends.

When I first saw hat thread, I started reading it, but gave up soon after because there would be 40, 50, 60 new posts every day, and I don't have the interest to read them all. Mostly a lot of banter between several posters.

 

[BravoXray]

I learned about computers in my late teens and early 20's from people that were 10-20 years older than me.

I'm 61 -

My first exposure to computers was in '68 when one of my friends was taking a Fortran course, and he helped me to write a few programs. I would go to the computer center, type it in on a punch card machine and submit the cards to the operator using his account number. I'd go back the next day, had a class in a neighboring building, and pick up the cards and printout. Had a lot of fun doing that.
I bought a TRS-80 Model 1 soon after they came out and wrote a lot of basic programs and did a little assembly programming on it. When the IBM 5150 PC came out, I bought one of those too. In the early '80s I worked for a freight broker and set up PCs for myself and the bookkeeper to use. Software for accounting was pretty pricey back then, so I started writing a couple of A/P and A/R programs, but that was a little over my head. We were able to get a Miles Labs IT guy to help getting it finished, and he took over and completely rewrote it with an ISAM module to manage data files. It worked great and we used it until the owner closed up shop in '91.
Been building, fixing and upgrading PCs ever since. Just built a couple Ryzen Win10 systems for a longtime customer last month. Windows 10 sucks.

 

[Ken]

My first exposure to computers was in '68 when one of my friends was taking a Fortran course, and he helped me to write a few programs. I would go to the computer center, type it in on a punch card machine and submit the cards to the operator using his account number. I'd go back the next day, had a class in a neighboring building, and pick up the cards and printout. Had a lot of fun doing that.
I bought a TRS-80 Model 1 soon after they came out and wrote a lot of basic programs and did a little assembly programming on it. When the IBM 5150 PC came out, I bought one of those too. In the early '80s I worked for a freight broker and set up PCs for myself and the bookkeeper to use. Software for accounting was pretty pricey back then, so I started writing a couple of A/P and A/R programs, but that was a little over my head. We were able to get a Miles Labs IT guy to help getting it finished, and he took over and completely rewrote it with an ISAM module to manage data files. It worked great and we used it until the owner closed up shop in '91.
Been building, fixing and upgrading PCs ever since. Just built a couple Ryzen Win10 systems for a longtime customer last month. Windows 10 sucks.

worked on a computer that was tube type. and controlled the timing of street lights where the heaviest traffic could flow longer. the memory was a roll of coax 50-ohm cable and an RCA oscilloscope was able to check the data bits. working in ElPaso heard there was a seminar at Las Cruces N.Mex and a load of employees drove over to attend the meeting and door prize was a tie tack pin with 4000 14 pin electronic chip fixed everybody wanted one. The first time had heard of Texas instruments.
It must have been 1958 or close to this era.
retired from working on Data Master SCADA and Sigma computers a quarter of a century ago. Nasa was looking for employees required to be finished with military service, graduated from college, and under 25 years of age. only passed the military requirement.
ken

 

[BravoXray]

door prize was a tie tack pin with 4000 14 pin electronic chip fixed everybody wanted one. The first time had heard of Texas instruments.

You mean a tie tack with a TI 4000 series 14 pin IC?
Years ago I had a tie tack with a 555 chip on it.

 

[MossRoad]

One of my electronics projects in school was I made a windshield wiper delay circuit with a 555 timer. It had a switch that if you flipped it, it would make the wiper do a double swipe! Ooooooooo.....



That was super-cool back then. Not so much now.

 

[Cougsfan]

I was perusing through the site tonight when I stumbled upon a mega thread I had never seen before. The number of views, replies and pages is astonishing. I had no idea there were any threads on this site that had gotten to that size. I thought the flail mower thread was the biggest. However, what blows my mind even more is the fact that there seems to be nothing of substance in this thread. The content is mostly members waking up every morning to say hello and report what the temperature is outside. What the heck???....Guys help me out here. What am I missing with this picture??

Good morning!!!!

Just thought I'd start a Good Morning thread. Dry, and headed into the low 60's here in S. Michigan. Have a good one!!

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I think you may have just started a mega thread that has no substance

 

[Jstpssng]

One of my electronics projects in school was I made a windshield wiper delay circuit with a 555 timer. It had a switch that if you flipped it, it would make the wiper do a double swipe! Ooooooooo.....



That was super-cool back then. Not so much now.

My brother used a floor mounted headlight dimmer switch to control the wipers in his '67 Mustang. Not as cool as what you did, but still pretty handy back then... Not so much now.

 

[Diggin It]

One of my electronics projects in school was I made a windshield wiper delay circuit with a 555 timer. It had a switch that if you flipped it, it would make the wiper do a double swipe! Ooooooooo.....



That was super-cool back then. Not so much now.

Are you claiming to be Robert Kearns?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kearns

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

Yup most have been label that by those are quick to judge,kinda like if they don't say something they don't know in many cases not true,for they take step back watch and listen and in the end they surprise with you with their knowledge.

It might also be tied to culture as well. Down here in my state these folks aren't what you call "very progressive". But then again, maybe I just don't meet the right people either. The older generation that seems to be the most tech savy seems to also be the most educated. After reading some of the posts here, you guys are definitely in a different league.