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***The Nostalgic Computer/Internet Thread***
I was posting on a different forum when this topic briefly popped up, so I decided to bring the topic here.
What are your memories of your first computer and internet experience?
I remember back when I was in sixth grade (1990), one of my teachers had an old IBM computer with two games that we'd sneak around and play while she wasn't in the classroom: Oregon Trail, and I've forgotten the name to the other game. Anyway, Oregon Trail was awesome. Some of us would get together and put our names in, and I rarely made it all the way to Oregon. I usually died, be it drowning or dysentery. I have very fond memories of Oregon Trail.
Being in a very small school in middle Tennessee, we lagged behind when it came to the internet. I believe my first experience was when I was in ninth grade (1993-ish). We had a brief tutorial in the library at breathtaking speeds of either 14.4 Kbps or 28.8 Kbps! I thought everything was neat, but I didn't concern myself too much with what would be one of the greatest communication devices ever invented.
My friend was above me on the technology curve and had two games installed on his computer that I'd come over to his house after basketball practice and play religiously: the old Wolfenstein and Master of Magic. Master of Magic is one of the greatest games that few people played. He also connected at a blistering speed of 28.8 Kbps.
I got my first computer in 1997. I don't remember much about the specs, but I do remember having 4 gigabytes of storage, only because of one of my friend's remarks. "Four gigabytes of RAM? That's a crapload! You won't have to upgrade that for years!!! When I discovered the internet, I discovered a brand new way to find porn. That's one of my biggest memories of my early days using the internet. Little did I know that it really wasn't Nicole Kidman's pussy in the pics I found... I also remember tricking my friend. He didn't have the internet and wanted some nude pics. These were the days when you had to rely on Playboy or Hustler. Anyway, I saved about 9 or 10 of them on a 3 1/2" floppy disc (another outdated computer hardware accessory), with the last one being a picture of a girl with two wine bottles shoved in each lower orifice. Yes, the necks of the bottles were exposed while the body of the bottle was actually inside her. Little did I know that he would invite friends over and they'd all get their first taste of the internet. I probably desensitized them so much that tubgirl, goatse, and lemon party barely phased them.
EDITED for stupidity.
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Last edited by sodapopinski : 07-18-2008 at 05:56 AM.
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