Comments on: BB Video: Cyberpipe's Mecca of Vintage Computers http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 01:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dunja http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html#comment-440840 Dunja Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-440840 Because she is not so well trained as weather forecast people, who know exactly where to wave their hands when pointing at the virtual map. She's just a girl trying to keep the retro scene alive. ;) And yes, Amiga 500 did indeed come with 2-button mouse. If you still have some, our museum could use one. As we don't have it. Thanks for all the comments! Because she is not so well trained as weather forecast people, who know exactly where to wave their hands when pointing at the virtual map. She’s just a girl trying to keep the retro scene alive. ;)

And yes, Amiga 500 did indeed come with 2-button mouse. If you still have some, our museum could use one. As we don’t have it.

Thanks for all the comments!

]]> By: dimmer http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html#comment-437810 dimmer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437810 The PC XT was the first widely used business computer? I guess the Apple ][ hadn't be thought of back then. The PC XT was the first widely used business computer? I guess the Apple ][ hadn’t be thought of back then.

]]> By: muteboy http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html#comment-437588 muteboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437588 See also Binary Dinosaurs, possibly the largest collection in the UK, from 1972 to 1997, including an Apple Lisa, and a British Telecom Merlin: http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/ See also Binary Dinosaurs, possibly the largest collection in the UK, from 1972 to 1997, including an Apple Lisa, and a British Telecom Merlin:
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/

]]> By: valdis http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html#comment-437848 valdis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437848 Dimmer: "widely used". What percent of businesses actually used an Apple II? Yes, there were a few, but it wasn't until the XT when everybody and their pet llama got one to do their accounting. Dimmer: “widely used”. What percent of businesses actually used an Apple II? Yes, there were a few, but it wasn’t until the XT when everybody and their pet llama got one to do their accounting.

]]> By: dimmer http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html#comment-445090 dimmer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-445090 Valdis: the Apple ][ sold computers to business in huge numbers, even before you include the massive numbers of clones sold worldwide. Prior to this, having a computer in your workspace was akin to having some Lego. Sure, Visicalc can take some credit, but the IBM PC (later XT, then AT, then PS/2 then fuck it we can't be bothered) is just a cheap pool-poison hack. Valdis: the Apple ][ sold computers to business in huge numbers, even before you include the massive numbers of clones sold worldwide. Prior to this, having a computer in your workspace was akin to having some Lego. Sure, Visicalc can take some credit, but the IBM PC (later XT, then AT, then PS/2 then fuck it we can’t be bothered) is just a cheap pool-poison hack.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html#comment-437973 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437973 Why was Dunja gesturing towards an Amiga when she was talking about computers that didn't use a mouse? Even the Commodore 64 and 128 in the background could use mice but the Amiga actually shipped with one as it was required to navigate Workbench (the GUI). Why was Dunja gesturing towards an Amiga when she was talking about computers that didn’t use a mouse? Even the Commodore 64 and 128 in the background could use mice but the Amiga actually shipped with one as it was required to navigate Workbench (the GUI).

]]> By: valdis http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/bb-video-cyberpipes.html#comment-437481 valdis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437481 Wow. C-64 is now "vintage". What term are they using for all the weird and funky systems that came before it? Or should I just mumble something about "Back in my day, RSTS/E and you kids get off my lawn"? Wow. C-64 is now “vintage”. What term are they using for all the weird and funky systems that came before it? Or should I just mumble something about “Back in my day, RSTS/E and you kids get off my lawn”?

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