Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

[r_u_sure@mybluelight.com (Paul Rosenzweig)]

Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message news:<3E2A29D1.D383F53F@ev1.net>...

> Yes, we *were* anxious to experience the joy of the apex of technology.
> But today, 8-bit systems can hardly be called "the apex of technology."
> We are more like at the apex of being a curiousity at this time. Kids
> would look and say "Gee, computers sure were primative way back when..."

In the late 1960's or early 70's, I took a course with a lab that
required back breaking computation.  I would have given my eye teeth
for a simple TEXAS INSTRUMENTS non programmable scientific calculator.
A C64 was a wet dream of unworthy bachelor level college students.
Unfortunately, in those days scientific calculators could only be
bought by college professors who had large research budgets.  In
those days, 300 baud was fabulous.  For my dinky course,  I had to
do the computation using common logrithms.  Now that's primative!