Whew! This is a trip down memory lane! My first computer was a Commodore 128 (twice
the capacity of the Commodore 64!!!), bought in 1986 when I was a prison Librarian
in Southeastern Michigan. Oddly enough, the strongest recommendations for that
particular computer were from an inmate clerk I had at the time!! There was no hard
drive, the floppy drive was a separate peripheral, and everything was on 7 ¼
disks: programs & saved files. The monitor was a Black & white TV. I think my word
processing program was "Jane".
At Christmas our children (all 20-somethings) were reminiscing about the programs &
games they used on the old computer. My 24-year-old's comment was mind-bending:
"You know, Mom, I've never lived in a house where we didn't have a computer!"
(almost...he was 3 years old) And we talk about technology natives (them) and
immigrants (us!).
Have a great Monday, everyone!
Barbara
Barbara Kane
High School Library Media Specialist
Southwestern Central School
Jamestown, NY
bkane@swms.wnyric,org
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