tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post3086724678306755475..comments2024-03-28T14:50:06.806-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Geekin' the 1980s wayBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-26944186590115555322012-01-24T18:52:45.781-05:002012-01-24T18:52:45.781-05:0071 Bent Street, Cambridge ?
Man, I've worked ...71 Bent Street, Cambridge ?<br /><br />Man, I've worked at THREE different start ups within a brief saunter from there.<br /><br />It's crazy how small the world is.TJIChttp://tjic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-86563770296219581412012-01-22T22:24:22.521-05:002012-01-22T22:24:22.521-05:00Man, those were the days. Code bloat wasn't ye...Man, those were the days. Code bloat wasn't yet a business strategy, you removed viruses by throwing away the infected floppies, and a denial-of-service attack was the guy in the next cubicle hogging the modem line to download porn at 1200 baud.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813274491601970838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-80478899804953304252012-01-22T21:28:08.502-05:002012-01-22T21:28:08.502-05:00"You guys rock." Yes, are definitely the...<i>"You guys rock."</i> Yes, are definitely the cool kids. :)<br /><br />Just wanted to point out that the company that made the iconic IMSAI from War Games is still around.<br />http://www.imsai.net/Default.htmBroken Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562569871940946226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-49442413215058546942012-01-22T20:50:18.511-05:002012-01-22T20:50:18.511-05:00I'm with Dwight... I had FOUR of those damn th...I'm with Dwight... I had FOUR of those damn things (all classified) in hopes of getting just ONE to actually work at any given time... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-65224243087716527062012-01-22T20:25:22.080-05:002012-01-22T20:25:22.080-05:00You guys rock. ;-)You guys rock. ;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-85147531679205913552012-01-22T20:22:10.576-05:002012-01-22T20:22:10.576-05:00Ah, yes, I vividly remember the Syquist drives (th...Ah, yes, I vividly remember the Syquist drives (though mine were the 44 MB ones, not the 5 MB ones).<br /><br />I also vividly remember the sound those cartridges made as they failed...Dwight Brownhttp://www.sportsfirings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-62381913739617083032012-01-22T20:15:31.321-05:002012-01-22T20:15:31.321-05:00What! You never did time on CP/M?
I basically lef...What! You never did time on CP/M?<br /><br />I basically left the OS/2 and Windows world with Slackware and the 0.97 Linux kernel. But I was use to swapping in and out a stack of floppies as my day job was with Netware, which linked the kernel as you installed the software (2.15 anyway, 3x got away from that).Broken Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562569871940946226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-46028230693249987672012-01-22T20:05:15.089-05:002012-01-22T20:05:15.089-05:00Not retro enough. I've been writing BASIC on o...Not retro enough. I've been writing BASIC on one of these:<br /><br />http://www.circuitgizmos.com/products/cgmmstick1/cgmmstick1.shtml<br /><br />More power than a Franklin ACE!!!1!Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-31338006832699749102012-01-22T19:11:31.865-05:002012-01-22T19:11:31.865-05:00Chad, unfortunately that's why you're unli...Chad, unfortunately that's why you're unlikely to date Mrs. Borepatch.<br /><br />;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-74694367637400403222012-01-22T19:06:11.330-05:002012-01-22T19:06:11.330-05:00Coming from the East Coast, I had an interview wit...Coming from the East Coast, I had an interview with a large search engine company in Silicon Valley a few years ago. I pretty much had to force myself not to wear a jacket to the interview, but I essentially got laughed at by the first interviewer because I was wearing a tie.Chadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-65486316718633808852012-01-22T18:57:08.791-05:002012-01-22T18:57:08.791-05:00Did you wear a bandoleer with your suit though? Lo...Did you wear a bandoleer with your suit though? Loaded with pens, pencils, and different colored markers, maybe?<br /><br />Because that would be awesome!bluesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995973825892791271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-18317026858353614362012-01-22T18:54:53.479-05:002012-01-22T18:54:53.479-05:00Show up with a tie in the Valley in those days...
...Show up with a tie in the Valley in those days...<br />1) On an interview<br />2) Selling something<br />3) East-coast engineer<br /><br />70s/80s...thems wuz the days<br />QQuiziklenoreply@blogger.com