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I just gave a live presentation of vintage computers from my collection to a class of college freshmen: an Apple ][ and a TI 99/4A, complete with a demonstration of loading programs from cassette tape. It's always interesting to see their astounded reactions to such "primitive" technology.
- February 17, 2012
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2. SoulBlazer
  
  Yeah, and they weren't very fragile or lasted long either. You should have done the 'how many things you can connect' to the TI.
  
  February 17, 2012
3. jaybird3rd
  
  Ah yes, the sidecar modules! I wish I had a table that was long enough!
  
  February 17, 2012
4. SoulBlazer
  
  You also have to consider things from the perspective of your college kids -- most are 18, right? They grew up with the internet and cell phones and texting. It's good that you do a class like that so they can see how far things have progressed in a little time. By the time I was 12 I knew DOS and BASIC.
  
  February 17, 2012