In my day ....

[MaxPC]

A thread merely for the sharing memories; no argument nor debate is wanted nor needed.

In my day:
This was our version of "information searching": card catalogues and the stacks.

[Szdfan]

I'm an "elder millennial," which means I fall somewhere in between the millennials and Gen X. We were the transition generation between analog and digital. I remember using both cassettes as well as our first family computer -- a 286 DOS machine with a VGA monitor. I remember physical card catalogs and the first library computer catalogs. The first time I used a broadband connection was when I went to college -- I remember my Dad spent an entire night downloading a photo over the dial-up connection.

[Grace]

I'm an "elder millennial," which means I fall somewhere in between the millennials and Gen X. We were the transition generation between analog and digital. I remember using both cassettes as well as our first family computer -- a 286 DOS machine with a VGA monitor. I remember physical card catalogs and the first library computer catalogs. The first time I used a broadband connection was when I went to college -- I remember my Dad spent an entire night downloading a photo over the dial-up connection.

As a little girl we went to the encyclopedia for information, not the internet. We used a dictionary if we questioned the spelling of words.

And along came the computer and we thought it was great, even if it was slow and hard to understand at times. The worst was the dial up noises. Kind of grated on your ears.

[Szdfan]

As a little girl we went to the encyclopedia for information, not the internet. We used a dictionary if we questioned the spelling of words.

My family didn't own encyclopedias, but my grandparents did. I remember reading the encyclopedia for fun.

I want to eventually purchase a full set of the Oxford English Dictionary, which is a 20-volume set that contains the etymology of 650,000 words. It's also $1200 new.

And along came the computer and we thought it was great, even if it was slow and hard to understand at times. The worst was the dial up noises. Kind of grated on your ears.

The sound of my childhood.

[Soloist]

My first computer, 3gig hard drive, 256ram, Windows 95. beats me what the processor was. I loved that computer and I learned quite a lot by breaking it.
I’ve had my own computer since I was 11-12. To say I grew up on the computer was an understatement. I was on a homeschooling forum when I was 9 still not able to read yet and breaking my dad’s security by the time I was 13 (to keep me safe) to get to game patches and online gaming. Back when chat rooms were popular. The golden age of the computer if you ask me. Now it’s the age of phones.
I can still remember my mom and us standing in line on Black Friday to buy a new wireless phone and receiver.

[Szdfan]

Back when chat rooms were popular. The golden age of the computer if you ask me. Now it’s the age of phones.

I miss late 90s/ early 2000s internet. Everything felt new and exciting. Things online hadn't gotten toxic yet. I remember building relationships with people around the world. I think social media has ruined a lot of that.

[QuietlyListening]

I grew up with card catalogues, encyclopedias and all research was done via 'real' books. My kids had encyclopedias too, internet didn't come to our house til late 90s and by then oldest was in college and other 2 almost there or there. And even then internet was used sparingly.

First computer was a kaypro and absolutely no internet, email etc. Basically a very sophisticated word processor and a few other things.

Our first email was Juno without internet- just dial up and email no online.

[Robert]

I'm an "elder millennial," which means I fall somewhere in between the millennials and Gen X. We were the transition generation between analog and digital. I remember using both cassettes as well as our first family computer -- a 286 DOS machine with a VGA monitor. I remember physical card catalogs and the first library computer catalogs. The first time I used a broadband connection was when I went to college -- I remember my Dad spent an entire night downloading a photo over the dial-up connection.

As a little girl we went to the encyclopedia for information, not the internet. We used a dictionary if we questioned the spelling of words.

And along came the computer and we thought it was great, even if it was slow and hard to understand at times. The worst was the dial up noises. Kind of grated on your ears.

That was negotiating 56K at the end. That was high speed.

[Sliceitup]

Back when chat rooms were popular. The golden age of the computer if you ask me. Now it’s the age of phones.

I miss late 90s/ early 2000s internet. Everything felt new and exciting. Things online hadn't gotten toxic yet. I remember building relationships with people around the world. I think social media has ruined a lot of that.

Edward Snowden’s book talked about the early online days in similar terms. I am roughly the same age as him, but didn’t get to experience it quite the same because I grew up Amish.

[Szdfan]

Back when chat rooms were popular. The golden age of the computer if you ask me. Now it’s the age of phones.

I miss late 90s/ early 2000s internet. Everything felt new and exciting. Things online hadn't gotten toxic yet. I remember building relationships with people around the world. I think social media has ruined a lot of that.

Edward Snowden’s book talked about the early online days in similar terms. I am roughly the same age as him, but didn’t get to experience it quite the same because I grew up Amish.

I imagine that might make a difference. LOL