Comments on: Circa 1999 http://www.zackrippy.com/2007/05/15/circa-1999/ Sat, 14 May 2011 00:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tips http://www.zackrippy.com/2007/05/15/circa-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-12124 tips Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:42:45 +0000 http://www.zackrippy.com/2007/05/15/circa-1999/#comment-12124 i really loved your site and found it to be very friendly and helpfull. i really loved your site and found it to be very friendly and helpfull.

]]> By: Philip http://www.zackrippy.com/2007/05/15/circa-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 Philip Thu, 17 May 2007 18:38:06 +0000 http://www.zackrippy.com/2007/05/15/circa-1999/#comment-4746 My first experience with a computer was when I was in second grade. I went to a brand new elementary school in Enterprise, Alabama and they actually had a computer in the library. Students were allowed to share the computer during library time and play a game called Oregon Trail. This was around 1985. The computer was a Commodore 64. My second experience with computers that began to pull me in the direction of my current career was around 1993 when I had a friend who owned a nice computer. Be it understood that at the time my family had a computer that was given to us by a friend. This computer in no way compared to my friend's. His was an Aptiva. It was a multimedia machine and mine was a 386 running Windows 3.1. He had a game on his computer called Risk. I used to come home from school and go straight to his house to play against him (and lose). Then, I started my "rage against the machine". Around my freshman year of high school I began to experiment with computers. I took them apart and broke a few by accident. I learned how to take parts out and replace them. I learned how to upgrade and what each essential part of the computer did. I then learned how to be careful and thoughtful of what I was doing in a case. During this time I was introduced to the Hayes compatible modem (2400baud), BBS, Gopher, FTP, Internet, etc. It was all down hill from there. My first experience with a computer was when I was in second grade. I went to a brand new elementary school in Enterprise, Alabama and they actually had a computer in the library. Students were allowed to share the computer during library time and play a game called Oregon Trail. This was around 1985. The computer was a Commodore 64.

My second experience with computers that began to pull me in the direction of my current career was around 1993 when I had a friend who owned a nice computer. Be it understood that at the time my family had a computer that was given to us by a friend. This computer in no way compared to my friend’s. His was an Aptiva. It was a multimedia machine and mine was a 386 running Windows 3.1. He had a game on his computer called Risk. I used to come home from school and go straight to his house to play against him (and lose).

Then, I started my “rage against the machine”. Around my freshman year of high school I began to experiment with computers. I took them apart and broke a few by accident. I learned how to take parts out and replace them. I learned how to upgrade and what each essential part of the computer did. I then learned how to be careful and thoughtful of what I was doing in a case. During this time I was introduced to the Hayes compatible modem (2400baud), BBS, Gopher, FTP, Internet, etc. It was all down hill from there.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.zackrippy.com/2007/05/15/circa-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-4731 Jordan Wed, 16 May 2007 17:31:03 +0000 http://www.zackrippy.com/2007/05/15/circa-1999/#comment-4731 Oh, how I remember re-installing my OS...Those were the days. You should go talk to dad. The other day on the phone he slipped into a reminiscent version of "When I lived in Lakeland, I owned a house and my payment was only $209." Of course, our father's technologically speaking, the past nine years have brought our parents out of the "we just save everything on the desktop so that we know where it is" stage. I remember the days of starting up the computer only to find 472 icons for various word documents, web sites, and photographs. Oh, how I remember re-installing my OS…Those were the days. You should go talk to dad. The other day on the phone he slipped into a reminiscent version of “When I lived in Lakeland, I owned a house and my payment was only $209.” Of course, our father’s technologically speaking, the past nine years have brought our parents out of the “we just save everything on the desktop so that we know where it is” stage. I remember the days of starting up the computer only to find 472 icons for various word documents, web sites, and photographs.

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