[Vector]

has it improved your life ?

I first experienced the internet in 1994. My brother got on the internet around 1992 or so. My first experience was getting water temps from a website.
Bought my first computer in 1997 and it cost me $1200 ! it had a 200 MHZ processor and a tiny harddrive and very little memory.
I was 33 years old when I got my first computer. Glad I lived 33 years without a computer. I love the internet but it can be addictive. Sometimes I use the computer for hours when I got nothing else to do. In the old days I did other things to pass my time, like taking a walk or playing baseball. Its amazing , some kids spend all day online !. Crazy !
The first time I saw/used a computer was in 1982. I think my high school had an apple computer. Had no interest in computers back then. I don't know why I took that course ?

Overall, the internet has improved my life. I learned alot on this website. And I save alot of money shopping online too. Its a great thing but too much can be bad for you.

 

[Gaucho]

1986

 

[654999]

1988

 

[bluefish69]

At home 2003 it keep me busy when I time. At work when I worked never. I manually ran a NYC Hospital {Metropolitan} with pneumatic controls for 20 years.

 

[canyonfvr]

1997/1998/

 

[Musella]

1976.. when I started college, I got my first email account. There was no web back then.. and the speed was 300baud, which means you could read the text faster than it downloaded!
I set up my first website in 1993.. the year Mosaic came out!

 

[1dogshy]

I held out til 1998.

My dog training clients kept asking for my email address....
I finally got tired of saying...
I don't have nor do I want ... No Stinking Computer...

Now I won't live without it.

I spend $60. a month for a Verizon Air Card so I have service virtually, anywhere.

(I only have 'basic' cable TV... 12 channels... hahaha )

I have used it as an encyclopedia

, check product reviews

and kept in touch with friends

... like ya'll....

 

[Aquarius]

1995 on my first home computer. 1985 at my first job out of college. One of the guys was able to get on with his computer with a 900 baud modem. It was like a message board for nerds and there was just some text messages.

 

[Scott1280]

I bought my first computer in 1995. It was a P90 with a 500MB (1 GB double spaced) hard drive and a 56K modem.

 

[Mentalfloss]

Since 1993

way too many years

 

[jpd]

Long enough to have seen it all.

 

[gverb1219]

First PC was a Macintosh

Processor was I believe a whopping 128k
and 64KB Ram

My(at the time) future brother in law was a big nerd and would do the "internet" thing........all code talk with his buddies.

Now, he's been working for microsoft for the last 23 years

. I used to get good discounts from him on anything I needed....................but then he and my sis divorced

...............dam her.............that was my hookup

My first PC

 

[FredyFluke]

dont remember for sure
around 89/90
joined aol with a dial up conx
had a 256mhz processor
and like 200 mb hd
floppy drive

 

[edvac]

gverb1219 wrote:

First PC was a Macintosh

Processor was I believe a whopping 128k
and 64KB Ram

My(at the time) future brother in law was a big nerd and would do the "internet" thing........all code talk with his buddies.

Now, he's been working for microsoft for the last 23 years

. I used to get good discounts from him on anything I needed....................but then he and my sis divorced

...............dam her.............that was my hookup

My first PC

 

[Lattitudechange]

gverb1219 wrote:

Blaaa.....Blaa......Blaa......Bla.......Blaaa.......My first PC

Dork

 

[oldmud]

How many years have you been on the internet ?

08 2006 !!! LOL. Funny you should post this, if i remember my first post was to you in fisheries Management. Something about Tuna or Dogfish !! Don't know how to find my way back to that post but i thought "Twofin /Chris" needed a little help. LOL.

Don

 

[crabman1130]

November 2002 we bought this. I found Noreast in March 2003. All down hill sine then.

 

[MakoMike]

Don't recall the year but I was using a 16k CPM machine with 8 inch floppy drives! The modem was something like 8 KB. That was a looong time ago!

 

[oldmud]

MakoMike wrote:
Don't recall the year but I was using a 16k CPM machine with 8 inch floppy drives! The modem was something like 8 KB. That was a looong time ago!

HE HE, That WAS a long time ago.!!
I was probably only 50 back then.

Don

 

[DamnFish]

It's gotta be about 1984, when I had a Commodore Vic20 and a really slow modem and I was checking out the Bulletin Boards, man has it gotten a lot easier to use since those days