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Thread ID: 125487 2012-07-02 04:50:00 Roll call beetle (243) PC World Chat
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1285331 2012-07-02 09:17:00 A look back at my earliest recorded messages here reminds me of the fact that I ran my 'puter for a whole year with NO sound - I had the jack in the WRONG hole..... :( Oops! R.M. (561)
1285332 2012-07-02 09:23:00 A look back at my earliest recorded messages here reminds me of the fact that I ran my 'puter for a whole year with NO sound - I had the jack in the WRONG hole..... :( Oops!

Well, I once thought I had broken a motherboard when I forgot to plug the 20-pin power connector in...
Agent_24 (57)
1285333 2012-07-02 09:28:00 A look back at my earliest recorded messages here reminds me of the fact that I ran my 'puter for a whole year with NO sound - I had the jack in the WRONG hole..... :( Oops!

A friend did that once :lol:
pcuser42 (130)
1285334 2012-07-02 09:37:00 Be easy for me :DWhat about a useful one :) plod (107)
1285335 2012-07-02 10:57:00 A friend did that once :lol:

That when you say "That will be $200 Thanks" and see the look on their face :D

Here!
Gobe1 (6290)
1285336 2012-07-02 11:03:00 What about a useful one :)
cutting:devil
mikebartnz (21)
1285337 2012-07-02 11:44:00 I'm still here :D.

This is year ten for me, although I don't think I posted anything until a year or so after I joined.
Erayd (23)
1285338 2012-07-02 11:51:00 I joined not long after I bought my first computer and started upgrading it and getting into trouble... :D Agent_24 (57)
1285339 2012-07-02 11:57:00 I joined about 1995/96 when I got my first computer. and there were two software updates that I remember. In between the first and second versions we had an off-line trial running called Candy (never did get the Candy T-Shirt we were promised, got to keep nagging about that :devil) We tried to break it but couldn't, so we hacked it instead.

That was where the forerunner on Monday Laughs started. With a closed community of about 10 or so we had to find something to post so I started WFTWE (Word for the Weekend) posted on Fridays. That ran for 200 straight weeks, flowing into the new Forum when it went live with the last one posted from Dallas Texas, you couldn't break a tradition like that on the last day!

Monday Laughs followed on and has run without a break for over 700 weeks now (for a number of years with help from Susan B, my long time co-conspirator, and now with the help of other members if I am away or overseas). At an hour a week, that is over a month of solid work!! To whom do I send the invoice? :D

So, I guess I've been here for about 15-16 years, from questions about 286/386/486/ Pentium 75 through to the latest whiz-bang stuff that we couldn't even have dreamed of back then. Inkjet printers for $2000 when that was just about enough for a deposit on a house and would certainly buy you a decent used car.

You know you are getting long in the tooth when you reminisce about 486's!

Cheers

Billy 8-{) :thumbs:
Billy T (70)
1285340 2012-07-02 12:26:00 You know you are getting long in the tooth when you reminisce about 486's!

But you can't beat them for that authentic retro DOS-gaming experience :cool:
Agent_24 (57)
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