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jennickelsI started cleaning out the garage today and was going through a box of computer stuff the neighbors gave us when they moved back in 2010. I found a CD-ROM for some kind of science program or something. I was cracking up at the requirements:
Crazy that I remember that this would have run on my 1st computer ever which had Windows 95 AND that 16MB of RAM. Also a 1.6gig hard drive!!!! And it had a CD drive on it besides the 3.5" floppy.
Just cracks me up that most games that come out now require more hard drive space than I had on that first one.
Okay, I'm done being geeky.
Crazy that I remember that this would have run on my 1st computer ever which had Windows 95 AND that 16MB of RAM. Also a 1.6gig hard drive!!!! And it had a CD drive on it besides the 3.5" floppy.
Just cracks me up that most games that come out now require more hard drive space than I had on that first one.
Okay, I'm done being geeky.
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Date: 12 May 2012 02:36 am (UTC)I worked in a computer store when I was about 15 (late 80s). I still laugh sometimes when people complain now about running out of hard drive space, because back in those days, we sold comuters that ran off two 5.25" floppy drives and there was NO hard drive. (You could "upgrade" to a 10mb hard drive. 10 -megabyte- lol) 512k memory, CGA/EGA monitors, running on DOS. You haven't had a true gaming experience until you've played a game where it says "insert disc 11 to continue."
People today have it so good. lol
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Date: 12 May 2012 07:16 pm (UTC)I remember my favorite game was Goonies. Gawd, the graphics were awful back then.
I also remember taking a computer class in 2nd grade (around 84/85, right before we got the computer). We learned to program in BASIC. So when we got the computer I'd write up these silly little programs. We also had books of programs we could input into the computer ourselves. My mom was good at that. I'd always mess up and miss a line or mistype it.
Kids today have no idea how easy they have it with computers.