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Title: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: unlovedwarrior on July 13, 2006, 08:25:49 AM: im just wonder what age group everyone falls under.. so after you vote can u post the gruop that you delong under?

thanks,

unlovedwarrior

16-20
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: unlovedwarrior on July 13, 2006, 11:40:33 AM: i dont see why :o its not like going on forums is just for younger ppl... it just seems that way cuz most older ppl didnt grow up with computers like us youger ppl
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Fordtruckmaniac on July 15, 2006, 02:50:51 PM: 45+

In a couple months it will be 45+5. :'(
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Post by: Sidewinder on July 15, 2006, 03:12:23 PM: Lets just say when when I see 16-20 again there will be a 1 in front of it.

8-)
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Post by: chriscool9 on July 15, 2006, 03:18:10 PM: 15
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Post by: Zylstra on July 15, 2006, 03:32:17 PM: So, if you look at my profile, you would know!

10-15
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Post by: Fed on July 15, 2006, 05:43:37 PM: I'm 55 & counting... (http://www.comcen.com.au/~fed/ebsc.gif)
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Post by: GX1_Man on July 15, 2006, 05:51:53 PM: 53, but don't tell.
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Post by: Zylstra on July 15, 2006, 05:53:30 PM: Heres my question:
We all know our ages. Why dont we just add them to our profiles?
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: unlovedwarrior on July 15, 2006, 08:02:50 PM: thats why i created this poll was to get a feel for the different age groups that were using this forum
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: patio on July 15, 2006, 08:28:31 PM: I'm so old that when i was born the Dead Sea was only sick...
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on July 15, 2006, 09:21:58 PM: Quote
I'm so old that when i was born the Dead Sea was only sick...
HAHA!
Yeah.
where did you get that one?
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Fed on July 15, 2006, 09:30:03 PM: A quick check of the poll, we have an equal number of old farts & young punks. :D
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: soybean on July 15, 2006, 09:41:56 PM: Quote
i dont see why :o its not like going on forums is just for younger ppl... it just seems that way cuz most older ppl didnt grow up with computers like us youger ppl
LOL I'm in the 45+ category. I think you fail to recognize that some of us older folks have many years of experience using computers. Now, like any age group, the actual extent of computer knowledge varies widely. And, by no means are all young people computer savvy. It still depends on interests, aptitude, training, etc.

I'm not saying that just because I've used computers for over 20 years makes me a expert on hardware, software, networking, etc. It still depends on the actual experience and training. PC's did not exist when I graduated from high school. They did not exist until many years later. But, I've owned a computer since the first, simple, machines, such as Commodore 64 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64) was released in August 1982, which I did own. I recall when I was a federal employee and we got our first PC, an IBM with no hard drive. It ran entirely off of floppy disks.

Working a large federal agency also gave me some exposure to main frame systems, although I was not a computer specialist. Do you know what I mean by main frame?
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: GX1_Man on July 15, 2006, 09:45:41 PM: I started with a TI 99/4A
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Post by: soybean on July 15, 2006, 10:07:46 PM: Here's some interesting history from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer. Bring back some memories?
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Post by: GX1_Man on July 15, 2006, 10:38:35 PM: Yes, like this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A

I think it had 256 Bytes(not megs!) of RAM. Programs and data were stored on a cassette recorder. I learned to program in TI BASIC.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on July 15, 2006, 11:24:19 PM: Quote
Yes, like this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A

I think it had 256 Bytes(not megs!) of RAM. Programs and data were stored on a cassette recorder. I learned to program in TI BASIC.
YEAH! 256KBYTES OF RAM! WOOHOO!
AND LOOK AT THAT! HOW COULD YOU GET SO MUCH? 16KBYTES OF VIDEO MEMORY! WHEW!

(Please, the chatroom is getting boring, please join me before I expire)
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Fordtruckmaniac on July 16, 2006, 01:29:40 AM: I got a late start in the game.

I had never sat in front of a computer until August 2000. Thats when my household got our first Gateway computer.

I was so scared of it and that I was going to foul something up, I had my kids turn it on for me. ::)

I decided about a year or so ago to get serious about trying to learn what makes them tick. And when Google'ing something one day, I came across the Computer Hope website, signed up and stayed on.

I have always known the best way to learn is to surround yourself with knowledgeable people.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Arc on July 16, 2006, 03:04:52 AM: 10-15 :D

I started out on some scary acer, running windows 95. I though it was pretty sweet. It had 16MB of RAM!!!(now I've got 1536MB)

Most old people are cool! Age sometimes comes along with experience.

Viper
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Monty72 on July 16, 2006, 06:21:55 AM: 15 here.
My first PC was runing win 98 and at the time that's about all I knew :-[
All I did was play doom 95 and card games on it. ::)
About three years ago I got this computer. AT that time I knew very little. So I got a very crapy PC. Now I trying to build my on. I know a LOT more now.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Dead_reckon on July 16, 2006, 11:22:35 AM: my first computer was a old Packard bell (dont know the model) it had a 100mhz P1 proccessor, 32 or 64mb of ram, double or quad speed cd rom, and thats all i can remember, i dont know exactly the specs but i know its one or the other, i have gutted three packard bells before, all differant, only thing i know is that it was a packard bell legend
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: patio on July 16, 2006, 12:41:26 PM: Quote
Quote
I'm so old that when i was born the Dead Sea was only sick...
HAHA!
Yeah.
where did you get that one?

My brother-in law has a million of em...he's 81.
And does more before noon than most do all day.
Needless to say he has been a great influence because after all Life is short.

patio. 8-)
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on July 16, 2006, 08:15:09 PM: Well, now that were talking PC's...
I have the following:
IBM Computer - Unknown speed, very little RAM (our second family computer. I am throwing it away)
ASUS Computer - 366MHz, 300+RAM
Packard Bell - 266MHz, Unknown RAM, (probably 64MB RAM)
Leading Edge Laptop - 16MHz (actually very good for when it was made) and unknown RAM
Gateway 2000 SOLO Series Laptop - 90MHz, 16-22MB RAM
Compaq 1215 (my newest laptop!) - 130MHz, and 30'something RAM
And last, one iMac. (Apple Maggot) with 266MHzzzz processor, and 128RAM. But what the heck? Its not hardly a PC. ITS A STUPID MAC!
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: soybean on July 16, 2006, 08:21:47 PM: That's a lot of toys for a kid your age.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on July 16, 2006, 08:25:21 PM: Quote
That's a lot of toys for a kid your age.
Me?
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: soybean on July 16, 2006, 08:28:57 PM: Well, you're in the 10-15 age range, right? So, yeah, I think that's quite an accumulation of computers there.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on July 16, 2006, 09:51:10 PM: Quote
Well, you're in the 10-15 age range, right? So, yeah, I think that's quite an accumulation of computers there.
Well, I don't have anything else.
I am not a spoiled child, don't worry.
These are all second hand.
They are stackable!
I keep them in my room, (almost like pets)

I am excluding two computers from my list, as they are family computers.
And one other computer, since its for parts and it eats hard drives.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: panboy on July 17, 2006, 03:40:45 AM: Am i the Only Person in his Twenties on this Site , i just Went 23 on Friday

I think i First Really Get my Hands on a computer in 96, it was a P2 266 MMX with 64 Megs of ram and a Massive 4 Gig HDD

I used that Till The P4 come out, and then i got My First Very own PC with a P4 1.4 20 Gig HDD 256 Megs Ram Gforce2MX . and i upgraded that PC twice - First to an AMD 64 3200 then Added a new GFX card Geforce5600

And now Ive Bought a Brad new PC that has far to many Numbers attached
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on July 17, 2006, 08:35:07 AM: TI-99/4A, eh. Must have missed that one. Looks like a cross between a Spectrum 2 and a BBC Model B...

I was a 1974 baby - a good year for microprocessors... (>see here< (http://www.eee.bham.ac.uk/woolleysi/teaching/microhistory.htm))

Commodore Pet, Vic 22, BBC Models A & B plus Master, Sinclair's ZX80, 81 and Spectrums, various Ataris, Amigas, Acorn Archimedes, etc. Got to play with all of them during my formative years.

These have been very interesting decades to grow up in, no?
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: shouvik on July 17, 2006, 05:14:21 PM: Hi Folks,

[size=14]I am 30 now.[/size] ::)
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: T-Chai on July 18, 2006, 06:12:57 AM: I dont even remember my own age :-?
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on July 18, 2006, 09:55:06 AM: Quote
I dont even remember my own age :-?
Go into the kitchen. Find the sharpest knife you can. Cut your arm off (either one) and then count the rings.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: shouvik on July 18, 2006, 10:19:03 AM: Or, start counting the number of hair on your head. ...don't stop counting in the midway... because then you will have to restart from the begining...just go on counting.. no matter how long it takes.

When you finish counting, you will automatically find your age.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: GX1_Man on July 18, 2006, 12:20:45 PM: Two excellent responses. Thanks! ;D
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Flame on July 19, 2006, 05:31:58 PM: 16-20

Flame
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Monty72 on July 20, 2006, 04:36:21 PM: I have 8 Pc's.
A HP pavilion with a celeron and 1 gig of RAM, with a 40 gig hard drive and win XP home<2.70GHz
A IBM thinkpad with a pentium one, and win 95<laptop< Dont know
A IBM with a pentium 4, 1 gig of RAM, nivida TNT2-64 grafix card(<that sucks).<2.53 GHz
A Digtal PC 5000, with a pentium pro 200 MHz, 64 Mb's of RAM, 20 gig hard drive.
A IBM thinkpad with a pentium 4, 768 MB's( I think) of RAM, ATI 7500 grafix card.<1.80 GHz< laptop
A IBM thinkpad with a pentium 4, 512 MB's of RAM, ATI 7500 grafix card<1.60 GHz, labtop
A IBM thinkpad with a pentium 4, 256 MB's of RAM, ^ Grafix card< 1.80 GHz, labtop
A IBM thinkpad witha pentium 4, 256 MB's of RAM, don't know the grafix card<1.60 GHz, laptop

All the IBM's have no hard drive's, I got all of these from a bank, for free. My dad go's to places like this get's those computer, when the place get's new one's and he sell's them to be junked. I keep a few this time. ;D
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: GX1_Man on July 20, 2006, 04:50:22 PM: That's neat, Monty, but the post was about the member's age.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Monty72 on July 20, 2006, 05:39:40 PM: lol, im 15
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on July 20, 2006, 11:48:40 PM: Quote
lol, im 15
Monty:
Don't you participate in the making of Vector Linux?
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: T-Chai on July 21, 2006, 10:52:41 AM: Quote
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I dont even remember my own age :-?
Go into the kitchen. Find the sharpest knife you can. Cut your arm off (either one) and then count the rings.

I did that with my friends and the next day later i wake up in a hospital with 1 arm because of you robpomeroy >:( >:( >:(
I didnt even had a chance to count because i was so high when i did this.

Cheer Rob i got 1 arm left
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: GX1_Man on July 21, 2006, 12:25:04 PM: If that is true, we would have to change your title to "Unthinking Stoner"
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Monty72 on July 21, 2006, 03:12:26 PM: Quote
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lol, im 15
Monty:
Don't you participate in the making of Vector Linux?

Um........no
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on July 21, 2006, 03:36:02 PM: Quote
Quote
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lol, im 15
Monty:
Don't you participate in the making of Vector Linux?

Um........no
Well, there is another Monty on another forum.
Just checked it, its Monty67 on the other forum...
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Monty72 on July 21, 2006, 05:14:25 PM: Ok, it's not me then.
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Post by: GX1_Man on July 21, 2006, 06:28:12 PM: 2 is too many?
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Post by: infoseeker on July 29, 2006, 09:57:29 PM: 26 here

:) infoseeker :)
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: unlovedwarrior on July 31, 2006, 01:54:38 PM: there was more replies then i thought.. my first computer(grandmas) was a ibm with i cant remember the specs, but ive been into computers since i waws 8 so almost ten years now. the first family copmputer was an all-in-one mac(sadly i didnt know it was a mac cuz i was very green) the only way to turn it on was to press the power button on the keyboard.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Kimcar on August 01, 2006, 08:19:56 AM: 71 and still learning.
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Post by: Nitro on August 01, 2006, 09:58:28 AM: 16-20
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Post by: Dilbert on August 01, 2006, 10:05:47 AM: 15. :)
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Post by: Nitro on August 01, 2006, 10:18:20 AM: Quote
15. :)

Really?

Wow i'm impressed!, Great knowledge for a 15 yr old!
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Post by: Dilbert on August 01, 2006, 11:13:03 AM: Well, my computer career started with a TANDY running DOS 3.something (so only the prompt, no fancy shell) when I was 2. For some reason I've been fascinated by computers ever since I was a toddler. I must be a re-incarnated person who invented the PC. :D

So, I've been on computers ever since. From DOS to Windows 3.1 to 95, then 98, ME and XP. 13 years of experience with technology. I remember when I needed a 5 1/2 inch floppy to do anything useful (like play games). I mean, yes, we had a hard drive, but it was what, 20 MB? And for some odd reason I remember my mom telling me that we upgraded -- upgraded, mind you -- to a full 1 MB of memory. Not that I knew what that meant. So, yes, I know more about the inner workings of a computer than my average classmate -- nay, my average teacher -- knows about how to use one.

Now, I have to make up for that boasting paragraph above. ;)

Most of my knowledge of software and settings comed from me screwing up the settings. Things from setting the brightness to max, or setting the double-click speed to max (I really liked the max!), to something as extreme as putting a magnet on the CRT monitor or disabling the video card. I was a terror of the PC. :-X Now, I use what I learned to help others who were as inquisitive as me. :)
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on August 01, 2006, 01:13:15 PM: My first computer (or rather the family computer) was an IBM. Well, actually, it wasn't our first computer. Our real first computer was a piece of crap with unknown speeds and HD Space. It had Wacky Wheels and Windows 3.1. It was also an IBM.
But the second computer:
It had an 80MB hard drive, with Windows 3.11, and a few other things. Oh, and 2MB of RAM. I still have it. Its going to the dump. The HD had a head crash.
After it crashed (or rather years later) I took my first hard drive apart and then I really learned how it worked.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Nitro on August 01, 2006, 01:18:42 PM: Thats a great story!

I'm 16 and got my first computer at 8, It also had a 5 1/2 inch floppy drive but the computer didn't last long and I managed to get the BSOD, I didn't have a clue how to fix it and neither did anyone else!

I've haven't really learnt that much but i'd say i'm gradually starting to, More by errors than anything else and taking my pc apart and building it back up, Just to start learning how everything works but at the same time trying not to mess it up!

You also have good grammar, Mine isn't very good!
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Zylstra on August 01, 2006, 01:21:53 PM: LOL!
The great thing about Windows 3.x that I remember, is BSOD is a good thing. Pressing ALT+CTRL+DEL gives you the screen instantly, a quick diagnostic is preformed, and then viola, the problem is found. "Press ANYKEY to fix your computer and continue on with life as we know it!"

Grammar:
After being stuck in school, and half paying attention, then learning that Google Toolbar has SpellCheck, I started getting a LOT better.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: SilentAssasin64 on August 01, 2006, 09:28:18 PM: Will be 16 next week, so I voted 16-20.

Started off at Windows 3.1 and then went to Windows 98 then Windows XP then CentOS (Linux) and have stopped for the moment at Suse 9.3 (Linux).
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Post by: Neil on August 02, 2006, 07:39:27 AM: Amiga Workbench. Graphical user interface since 1985. No dos in sight.
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: honvetops on August 04, 2006, 06:13:11 AM: Quote
dang, i never expected you, GX1 man, to be 53, or you, fed, to be 55...

hey D. Reckon <<just remember this, you will be our age before you know it!
Just because we can be considered "old" frts doesn't mean we "feel" like we are. The body changes but the mind is always there~ besides, you youngins keep us on our toes. :o

honvetops <<< 40
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: honvetops on August 04, 2006, 06:18:52 AM: Quote
Am i the Only Person in his Twenties on this Site , i just Went 23 on Friday

I think i First Really Get my Hands on a computer in 96, it was a P2 266 MMX with 64 Megs of ram and a Massive 4 Gig HDD

I used that Till The P4 come out, and then i got My First Very own PC with a P4 1.4 20 Gig HDD 256 Megs Ram Gforce2MX . and i upgraded that PC twice - First to an AMD 64 3200 then Added a new GFX card Geforce5600

And now Ive Bought a Brad new PC that has far to many Numbers attached

1996 <<< ordered gateway pent 1 166 mhz 1.2 gig hd , i think 64 meg
paid 1500.00 " I was in heaven, and it had a cd too!! lol
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: werallignorant on August 14, 2006, 05:31:14 PM: 16-20
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Post by: patio on September 05, 2006, 07:22:56 PM: I did dishes at the Last Supper...
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Post by: ale52 on September 06, 2006, 06:58:11 PM: Ok, I'll throw my 2 cents worth in (not that it's worth 2 cents anymore ;D

I'm 54 going on 15...so which age group do I fit in :-?

Alan <>< :D
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: honvetops on September 06, 2006, 07:18:09 PM: 36-40 me being 40
but I swear I feel like 38 !!!

;)
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: Dead_reckon on September 06, 2006, 07:37:35 PM: this thing is STILL going!? has the ex-member bug fallen off of the face of the forums!? one can only hope... i dispise that little bug, it needs to be squashed... anyone got a e-flyswater?
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Post by: Zylstra on September 06, 2006, 08:06:44 PM: Quote
this thing is STILL going!? has the ex-member bug fallen off of the face of the forums!? one can only hope... i dispise that little bug, it needs to be squashed... anyone got a e-flyswater?
Yes. Admin Center>> Maintenance Controls
Title: Re: what age group do u fall under??
Post by: unlovedwarrior on September 06, 2006, 11:20:49 PM: look at it grow.. [smiley=cry.gif]