ECN Forum Forums Technical Discussion Re: Computers and the Internet Remember Your First Computer?

"Laptop" concept ~60 years ago...1943
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Discovered a new toy! It can store jpeg pictures on a CD and then they can be viewed on DVD player as a Video CD, so after the burn the Computer can rest!

What is the new "Wi Fi" technology?

What will this do to the DSL and other fast lines?

Anyone have any recommendations for a PDA?

I used to get in trouble in grade 8 for playing 'Star Trek' on an Ohio Scientific Teletype. It must have taken 10 minutes to load the game off the punchtape, and 5 minutes to print out the screens when you moved 5 spaces. 'K' for klingons, 'E' for Enterprise, and '*' were stars.

WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) is a catchy name for the standard otherwise know as 802.11B.

Joe,

I've been using a Compaq Ipaq PDA for almost two years. The MS PocketPC OS and software integrates seamlessly with Outlook. When I'm done with work, I use it at choir to capture the song(s) that needs the most work so I can practice later. It has been a great unit.

I also note that Toshiba has been getting high marks for its PocketPC PDA in the last months.

Al

Scott35

I too remember the TR(a)S(h) computer. We had the color version though. I also remember playing Pong for HOURS. Now my daughter has been playing games on the computer before she was 2. She is now 7 and surfs the internet, only on sites approved by me, pretty much every day. We were watching a mini-concert on the computer and I was thinking when I was her age I was excited when GI Joe came out with the action grip.

ElectricAL

Thanks for the advice, I am still going to wait. Seems like they come out with ne toys every week! I have a drawer full of gadgets.

Thanks,
Joe


[This message has been edited by Joe Tedesco (edited 10-26-2002).]

My first was also a Vic-20 with a tape recorder!

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