Old computer users (Was: Re: Laptop (cell phone) in my pocket?)

[Technomage]

Ryan Rix wrote:
>
> Thank you for changing the subject line ;)
>
> The funny thing about all of this, and talking to the retro hacker guy who 
> sits next to me at work, is that I know what all of you are talking about, and 
> I'm only 17. Not sure that's depressing or not xD
>
> I guess that's what happens when you have the Jargon file and various 
> 'history' books and lore saved to your desktop and your pda for idle reading 
> ;)
>
> Ryan

heh, I wouldn't be too depressed. if you have a working knowledge of 
such items, even when they come along rarely,
it'll be much better than if you had no clue (like most young folks 
these days). You should try working on old tube radios and
other such similar items from the 40's to the 70's. Hell, I still have 
an old 1978 model year reel-to-reel recorder that works.