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LoginOther Off topic in Other . 3 years ago
This is more that off topic. It is off the wall.
Reason why computers get slower.
... because the updates make the computer fatter?
... virus things slow don the clock?
... big hard drives get smaller with time?
... when the internet slows down it drags you computer with it?
^ error - can not end sarcasm in context!
Ask AROUND. Some of the answers are even more goofy.
People are being told to get a new computer if the olde one is old. !I put the #1 culprit on hard disk drive failing/failure combined with incompetent/unscrupulous techs. Drive failures really do manifest themselves in a way that can easily be mistaken for the system itself crumbling apart, and inscrupulous technicians can easily use that as a launching point "Yep, the entire system board failed, here, buy this new system" (and incompetent techs can come to the same conclusion).
I think 'obsolescence' in terms of computers is a bit contrived. Not being able to run Windows 7 or Windows 8 or a newer Linux distribution doesn't mean a system is necessarily useless- Depending on what a person does, they probably don't need the latest hardware. If a person just needs to use a computer to print out their weekly Goat enthusiast newsletter, they can get by with a Laserjet 3 and a 386, for example. A lot of the time when people purchase a computer it is based on what they want to do with it, but not always what they actually do with it, if that makes any sense. Sometimes it is a way for them to "justify" the cost of the new system "Sure, it's expensive, but now I can get back into drafting" so they go all in and buy AutoCAD and such... then they use it for FACEBOOK and watching cat videos on youtube.Some years ago I had no choice but to buy a new unit -- actually, many years ago -- because the two I had were like really, really so slow. BUT I still have them and a big BOX of the floppy discs with all sorts of neat programs on them. And I mean the original floppies, where the name came from. See, those two old geezers up there on that shelf are Trash 80s. Actually, I have parts of a third that was stripped to make its brothers work.
And to explain how slow I tell folks that I could input a command and go make lunch and eat it and come back and maybe, just maybe, the command would have been run.
About 10 something years ago I was yakking with some folks and mentioned I was probably going to throw them away and one bloke gave me a stunned look and said I'd be a fool to do that as they would someday be collector's items. So I've kept them. That might have been more like 15 years ago. Been a long time. I did have to reinforce the shelf where they now pass their days. They are seriously heavy.
Strange, as I type this post, I am reminded of so many years ago when I used to dazzle friends with things I could do on those units. Awful long time ago. Might even be said to be another era. Guess that's right, isn't it? But even then some of us knew what was coming. And you should read some of the stuff I think will happen in the future. Of course, some close friends have read tidbits of my thoughts on the future of this field and they just chuckle or smirk and say, "There you go again. We know you're nuts. No need to keep proving it." Like my idea of a single family of languages for all devices and programs. And I am even thinking that it might be narrowed down to just one language, no single family that would have what might be described as dialects.
And my thoughts on what is going to replace the hard drive -- well, that would just have you leaving the room. Yep, I also know I'm nuts. But I can't turn off the visions. Heck, I still remember the first time somebody gave me the program for the little dancing fellas for my TRS80. We've come a long, long way since then.
Slow computers? Well, I have slow. Really slow. And they were fun. In their time.Quote from: MichaelNyby on December 09, 2014, 07:47:12 PM
Some years ago I had no choice but to buy a new unit -- actually, many years ago -- because the two I had were like really, really so slow. BUT I still have them and a big box of the floppy discs with all sorts of neat programs on them. And I mean the original floppies, where the name came from. See, those two old geezers up there on that shelf are Trash 80s. Actually, I have parts of a third that was stripped to make its brothers work.
Strange, as I type this post, I am reminded of so many years ago when I used to dazzle friends with things I could do on those units. Awful long time ago. Might even be said to be another era. Guess that's right, isn't it? But even then some of us knew what was coming. And you should read some of the stuff I think will happen in the future. Of course, some close friends have read tidbits of my thoughts on the future of this field and they just chuckle or smirk and say, "There you go again. We know you're nuts. No need to keep proving it." Like my idea of a single family of languages for all devices and programs. And I am even thinking that it might be narrowed down to just one language, no single family that would have what might be described as dialects.Are they TRS-80 CoCo's? I liked the trick to DISPLAY 44 colors on-screen at once by switching between video modes during VBLANK. As far as those TRS-80s, i would sell them vs throwing them away. The heavy ones were the Model III and Model IV's. I owned a Model I everything connected separately and a Model III all in 1 unit with display, computer, drive, and keyboard. The Model III was better in that it took up less space and had more memory, but being an all in 1 unit when it needed to be serviced it was a pita. I sold my TRS-80s years ago and I wish I kept them, although if I had them today they would pretty much just sit as antiques away from direct sunlight and almost never powered.
Are they TRS-80 CoCo's? I liked the trick to display 44 colors on-screen at once by switching between video modes during VBLANK.
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