tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5043753856948479884..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Computers and meKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79767034869533683382014-03-17T06:24:06.622+01:002014-03-17T06:24:06.622+01:00When my PC isn't working or the internet is do...When my PC isn't working or the internet is down, I feel totally cut off from the world!Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49430703972179178052014-03-16T21:14:24.087+01:002014-03-16T21:14:24.087+01:00Those were the days! I had no trepidation about op...Those were the days! I had no trepidation about opening a computer and replacing whatever needed replacing. Or, in the case of hard disks, going bigger and better. <br /><br />Those days are gone. <br /><br />I still have two towers... one Windows XP (!) and one Windows 2000. But the majority of my work takes place on my 3.5 year old Windows 7.0 laptop.<br /><br />Ellen - your comment about aerograms brought a smile. Remember them well. Except, when I first got to France in 1974, the postal workers were on strike so we would go to CDG and ask departing fliers to send letters for us!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170098781777190491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-62665157852575667702014-03-16T21:10:58.734+01:002014-03-16T21:10:58.734+01:00Enjoy a good night's sleep tonight...before yo...Enjoy a good night's sleep tonight...before you have the anxiety of getting your new buddy up and running.<br /><br />I'm so happy that I married a computer geek, that has made my life a lot more interesting and fun. Wouldn't have met you otherwise!Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31741969755820880222014-03-16T17:55:22.316+01:002014-03-16T17:55:22.316+01:00Working life at Rowntrees. Oh the joys of computer...Working life at Rowntrees. Oh the joys of computer programs on punch cards! Red stickies to make corrections! A water-cooled IBM mainframe computer that filled a large room, the equivalent five years ago would power my mobile phone. P. (ps useful comments about Windows 7 - thanks)Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69089956114266647232014-03-16T16:52:30.328+01:002014-03-16T16:52:30.328+01:00So true!
Can't wait to see what you've en...So true!<br /><br />Can't wait to see what you've ended up with for your new computer.Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66455702554837098052014-03-16T15:41:04.137+01:002014-03-16T15:41:04.137+01:00Be careful what operating system you get.....I hav...Be careful what operating system you get.....I have windows 8 and like it and still find dealing with photos so unsatisfactory. Dell is still selling machines with windows 7. My husband was a professor of computer science and did consulting for several companies. Univac bought him a very big sort of pc in the early 80s to use at home for his work for them....He really didn't think people who didn't work in the field would ever really want such things....He was part of the DARPA network in the '60s when he was a grad student at Case....Memories.......Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9595615112880582072014-03-16T14:52:03.654+01:002014-03-16T14:52:03.654+01:00Hmm. My Dell desktop must be ten years old at leas...Hmm. My Dell desktop must be ten years old at least, but I'm hoping to keep it staggering on for another couple or so.<br /><br />As regards the transition, I fondly recall the Christmas my brother showed us his brand new "luggable" computer way back in the 80s. It was the size of a suitcase with a drop down keyboard and a 6" screen. He showed our mother the WP program and touch-type tutor, and off she went. The trouble was, I don't think she'd even used an electric typewriter in her long office career, so we were all in fits as at the end of every line she leaned out to whack the side of the computer.Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36645075739803559352014-03-16T12:52:57.400+01:002014-03-16T12:52:57.400+01:00Ken - do you have access to Vanity Fair Mag - the ...Ken - do you have access to Vanity Fair Mag - the last issue had a very scathing artile entitled "lIBERTE!EQUALITE!FATIGUE! concerning the author's perceived fall of France in many ways. Curious of your opinion of what you see going on in our fav country besides the USAAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261262734623959057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33647679540276562672014-03-16T11:52:04.223+01:002014-03-16T11:52:04.223+01:00My first encounter with computers was in 1980 when...My first encounter with computers was in 1980 when we went from typewriters and WhiteOut to computer terminals and Delete. That was a couple of years before you joined us at USIA! The Atex System had not figured out how to place accents on top of letters so you had to place them next to the letter involved 0n top of a greenish rectangle[!!!]. My French pride was really hurt and I categorically refused to do so. I would type articles on an american keyoard without accents and they had to hire a French lady to enter all the accents next to the right letters. On the black terminal screen, the text would appear in an awful green color. Word processing was a real feat at the time!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56700368007263812462014-03-16T11:32:22.439+01:002014-03-16T11:32:22.439+01:00Glad to hear you're over your computer stress!...Glad to hear you're over your computer stress! What brand did you buy? And are you switching back to good-old Windows7 ? I would, given the chance :) Have a nice Sunday! Martineladybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86597768598535087682014-03-16T09:49:12.257+01:002014-03-16T09:49:12.257+01:00aerograms - packed tiny writing, no margins.
I me...aerograms - packed tiny writing, no margins. <br />I met Paul.....went to a doctor who told me I needed parental permission to get the pill. I went over to the Odéon post office to call my parents, collect, and had to wait more than an hour for the call to go through. <br />For study, a year or so later -- Paul had a typewriter, but I just couldn't manage the French keyboard as well as normal mistakes. I ended up handwriting my senior thesis.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75218378808504645102014-03-16T09:26:39.760+01:002014-03-16T09:26:39.760+01:00Ken, I may also be a nerd. At 64 this year, I love...Ken, I may also be a nerd. At 64 this year, I love this technology and enjoy each moment of a new leaning process. All good wishes to you.Leon Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609891995057827081noreply@blogger.com