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Plus1 Sep 21, 2009 9:51 pm
Originally Posted by N965VJ (Post 12415488)
A tech came in to replace mine once. I’m not so sure I would want to tackle a job like that myself, and I’ve built a number of Heathkit things when I was a kid.
We did a Heathkit computer that had a hex-8 keyboard for data entry. A bit later we got a cassette drive (C30!) so we could save our Lunar Lander, Horse Race and Hammurabi games. ^

Xyzzy Sep 21, 2009 9:58 pm
Originally Posted by Steve GadFly (Post 12416832)
Which movie did John Lithgow, upon hearing that song on the car radio, proclaim "I love Creedence!"??

Now I'm really going to bed....will check for a winner in the morning.
I have no idea. Ask me about obscure folk songs (though Midnight Special is anything but obscure) and I can tell you. Ask about movies/actors/actresses? Forget it.

IAHtraveler Sep 21, 2009 9:58 pm
In case anyone is in the greater Houston area this or next Thursday, they have free chic-fil-a sandwiches from 5-6PM. The link is here: http://cfahouston.com/ and they've had some TV spots, too.

ConciergeMike Sep 21, 2009 9:59 pm
Some of the old technology stories I come across in The Box made me wonder if some of y'all weren't around when the wheel and fire were being perfected. :D

Plus1 Sep 21, 2009 10:00 pm
Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12415869)
6000!!!!!
Congrats in hitting 6K while wounded.

Xyzzy Sep 21, 2009 10:00 pm
Originally Posted by Plus1 (Post 12416846)
We did a Heathkit computer that had a hex-8 keyboard for date entry. A bit later we got a cassette drive (C30!) so we could save our Lunar Lander, Horse Race and Hammurabi games. ^
Sounds like an H-8. That keyboard was generally used only to get the machine running (or to debug the machine code), though.

AMF in NJ Sep 21, 2009 10:02 pm
Originally Posted by Steve GadFly (Post 12416832)
Which movie did John Lithgow, upon hearing that song on the car radio, proclaim "I love Creedence!"??
Twilight Zone The Movie when they were carting him off to the loony bin after the monster on the wing. :-:

If they made that movie (vignette?) today he'd end up being FAM'ed (and not in the usual way). :-:

IAHtraveler Sep 21, 2009 10:03 pm
Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12416868)
Some of the old technology stories I come across in The Box made me wonder if some of y'all weren't around when the wheel and fire were being perfected. :D
I think all of the IT guys and policies at my work come from back then, too. A few examples are: No Blackberries 'til 2008 because they are "insecure", can't use flash driver > 512 mb due to "security concerns", new laptops every 5 years, etc.

Steph3n Sep 21, 2009 10:16 pm
as a kid I had a vtech socrates video edutainment system, it was really nifty :)

Plus1 Sep 21, 2009 10:16 pm
Originally Posted by kingalien (Post 12415914)
Uh, you didn't say anything about that hole in the wall....

Originally Posted by belynch (Post 12415921)
Haha. I don't think the original joke uses that expression. But that's rather amusing.
There'd be no glory in that.

FT Lurker Sep 21, 2009 10:23 pm
Originally Posted by kingalien (Post 12415914)
Uh, you didn't say anything about that hole in the wall....

Originally Posted by belynch (Post 12415921)
Haha. I don't think the original joke uses that expression. But that's rather amusing.

Originally Posted by Plus1 (Post 12416935)
There'd be no glory in that.
Badum-ching!

Plus1 Sep 21, 2009 10:39 pm
Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12416875)
Sounds like an H-8. That keyboard was generally used only to get the machine running (or to debug the machine code), though.
H-8 sounds right. It ran pretty well.

Xyzzy Sep 21, 2009 10:43 pm
If you downgrade from Amex plat to gold do they change your card number? I suspect so. What a pain ... but think of the money I'd save...

ConciergeMike Sep 21, 2009 10:44 pm
Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12417021)
If you downgrade from Amex plat to gold do they change your card number?
No. I've been both Green and Gold with the same number.

ConciergeMike Sep 21, 2009 10:56 pm
Night, Box.


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