You know you are an engineering geek when...
Posted by Tracy Valentine
We were chatting here at Trenton, reliving the glory days of the past when single board computers were "born", and we started remembering technology that has since moved into the boneyard of your attics. Like some seasoned engineers, you hold on to those treasures "just in case" they come back.
You know you are a seasoned engineer when:
1. You used keyboards that were connected to punchcards.
2. You recall when computers didn't come with any hard drive at all.
3. You remember paying more for a 1MB memory module than a brand new computer today.
4. You recall using an EISA bus.
5. You still have a Commodore 64 computer and still use it.
6. You remember when floppy disks were as big as a salad plate.
7. You have fond memories of OS/2 Warp.
8. You designed products with CPUs with "thousands of transistors not billions of transistors".
9. You dissected your Texas Instrument's Speak and Spell toy for the components.
10. You recall PONG as the coolest video game that would ever be invented.
What are your fond memories of technology gone by? I am sure my Blackberry and iPhone will find their way to an attic, but no time soon.