Comments on: Vintage PCs on the set of The IT Crowd, season 4 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 01:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Allan Zieser http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775949 Allan Zieser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775949 This is an amazing set for an amazing show. I can hardly wait for the new season. I still have a lot of vintage hardware some very old and some only 12 years old or so. I still have my first laptop (Giant Brick of a machine) and it still works. This is an amazing set for an amazing show. I can hardly wait for the new season. I still have a lot of vintage hardware some very old and some only 12 years old or so.

I still have my first laptop (Giant Brick of a machine) and it still works.

]]> By: DWittSF http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775700 DWittSF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775700 Awesome, I love old hardware. I used to have a Mac Plus in a prominent place in my studio, while my 'real' Mac was hidden--people would do a double take, and say 'you work on THAT?' Awesome, I love old hardware. I used to have a Mac Plus in a prominent place in my studio, while my ‘real’ Mac was hidden–people would do a double take, and say ‘you work on THAT?’

]]> By: dwiff http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775701 dwiff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775701 SERIES 4, not "season 4," you provincial bastids! SERIES 4, not “season 4,” you provincial bastids!

]]> By: darren http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775716 darren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775716 Looks like my apartment. Looks like my apartment.

]]> By: amused http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775730 amused Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775730 What, no Osborne? What, no Osborne?

]]> By: regeya http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775732 regeya Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775732 Yeah, here in the U.S. we have "seasons" while the entire run is known as a "series." So while Star Trek: TNG may have run for 7 seasons, it was one series. Contrast that with Red Dwarf where there are 10 series of 6 episodes...what's up with a series only having 6 episodes, anyway? Yeah, here in the U.S. we have “seasons” while the entire run is known as a “series.” So while Star Trek: TNG may have run for 7 seasons, it was one series.

Contrast that with Red Dwarf where there are 10 series of 6 episodes…what’s up with a series only having 6 episodes, anyway?

]]> By: lercio http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-776054 lercio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-776054 They could have had my complete Acorn Atom with 12k RAM and floating point ROM and Ross Software Utility ROM..... OMG, I just realised I'm a geek. They could have had my complete Acorn Atom with 12k RAM and floating point ROM and Ross Software Utility ROM…..

OMG, I just realised I’m a geek.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-776068 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-776068 Will they let us poor colonials watch it this time round? Will they let us poor colonials watch it this time round?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775816 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775816 In a side note, I paid a visit to CCH's website, where there was a newspaper cutting about CCH's involvement with Micro Men (http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/files/ch_h_weekly_news_09-10-2009.pdf). Jo Deeks, the journalist for the Haverhill Weekly News, makes a reference to the Sinclair C5 as a *computer*. What an imbecile. In a side note, I paid a visit to CCH’s website, where there was a newspaper cutting about CCH’s involvement with Micro Men (http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/files/ch_h_weekly_news_09-10-2009.pdf). Jo Deeks, the journalist for the Haverhill Weekly News, makes a reference to the Sinclair C5 as a *computer*. What an imbecile.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775618 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775618 No Amigas? Considering this is a British show, the guys must have had Amigas growing up. No Amigas? Considering this is a British show, the guys must have had Amigas growing up.

]]> By: johnnyaction http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775621 johnnyaction Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775621 Yay! This is happy news. I can't really joke about the old computer gear though... I have three working commodore 64s :/ I remember hours spent typing in programs from magazines.. and I'm happy those days are gone. Yay! This is happy news.

I can’t really joke about the old computer gear though… I have three working commodore 64s :/

I remember hours spent typing in programs from magazines.. and I’m happy those days are gone.

]]> By: fatuousplatitudes http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775648 fatuousplatitudes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775648 10 START SEASON 4 20 REJOICE 30 GOTO 10 10 START SEASON 4
20 REJOICE
30 GOTO 10

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775649 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775649 my friend dieter should have been called up, he has a nice collection of computers of many era's to place on display. my friend dieter should have been called up, he has a nice collection of computers of many era’s to place on display.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2010/05/01/vintage-pcs-on-the-s.html#comment-775657 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775657 I'm so glad they're turning back on again. I’m so glad they’re turning back on again.

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