Alice and I have been watching a series called, “The Secret Life of the Brain.” Until this series, I didn’t notice a habit I’d picked up. When they interview a scientist, physician, or some other professional in their office or lab, computing equipment is often visible in the frame. I look especially at the monitors, and from that determine how old the series probably is. And I’m pretty good at it. I also discover myself thinking, “that’s an old Viewsonic 17. I had one of them… it was a great monitor.” By then, several minutes of the narrative have gone by, and I’ve missed the thread. Since my career in IT has pretty much paralleled the microcomputer revolution, I can spot most hardware except the really new stuff.
Occasionally I’ll lose my composure and say in a loud voice, “Did you just see that Tandy 100?” She’ll often reply with, “What!” After nearly 40 years of marriage, I know enough not to say, “You know, the old TRS-80s that had disk drives.” Instead I say, “Oh never mind.”
I remember one of those old viewsonics with a scratch right in the middle of the screen!
I remember when those were the nice ones in the lab. Then I think about trying to work on one now and shudder. I’ve become addicted to as much screen real estate as possible
Dear AG, Don’t ask. Just remember. If you can’t remember, I’ll try something more detailed. So very good to see that you and Alice are still planting, reaping, putting-up, and living that good Pelkie-life. If you reply w/your email, I’ll send you a photo of my east yard here in Santa Fe.
As we say hereabouts, Siempre, RJ
Hey, is this my friend Robert Jones, or one of the many other Robert Jones’? Very nice to hear from you! Things are going well here. My email is tjsold -at- up -dot- net
Best. Ted
1/9/14: Yep, the same,…well not the same, of course, but trying to at least be consistent. Sent you a test email. Trust that the wood supply will hold out through the current blast.