a trip down memory lane
my IT cohort and i decided to go through a few shelves worth of old manuals and software last week. wow was it a trip down memory lane. we found some windows 95 & 98 floppies and compaq system software with "DO NOT DISCARD" written all over them -- we promptly disobeyed those instructions. there were many AS400 manuals and their associated 5 1/4" diskettes (many copyrighted 1986 and 1987). we found a product magazine from 2000 and were awestruck by how much things have changed since then. there was a flyer for an amazing sale of a spectacular product! -- a computer with 4MB of RAM and a 160MB hard drive! we were going to jump on that, but unfortunately the sale was over.
i was rummaging through a stack of windows NT software and manuals when Dustin (my cohort) said he had never seen a NT machine before he started working for the county (we have a few servers and clients running archaic software :-\). my jaw dropped as i suddenly felt really old. when i was taking networking classes at hesston, novell was the network OS of choice, but windows NT 4.0 server was up-and-coming. i took a few NT 4.0 administration classes and even thought of getting certified. and he had never seen a computer running windows NT. (i almost titled this post "he dated me" after feeling old by this, but decided against it :) )
after that, we found a bunch more compaq and hp software labeled "DO NOT DISCARD". some of them had internet explorer on them and this brand-new browser called netscape -- oh, how the times have changed.
when it was all said and done, we had filled the recycling dumpster 1/2 full, had 1.5 shelves worth of empty binders, and a few souvenirs for ourselves. fun times!
my IT cohort and i decided to go through a few shelves worth of old manuals and software last week. wow was it a trip down memory lane. we found some windows 95 & 98 floppies and compaq system software with "DO NOT DISCARD" written all over them -- we promptly disobeyed those instructions. there were many AS400 manuals and their associated 5 1/4" diskettes (many copyrighted 1986 and 1987). we found a product magazine from 2000 and were awestruck by how much things have changed since then. there was a flyer for an amazing sale of a spectacular product! -- a computer with 4MB of RAM and a 160MB hard drive! we were going to jump on that, but unfortunately the sale was over.
i was rummaging through a stack of windows NT software and manuals when Dustin (my cohort) said he had never seen a NT machine before he started working for the county (we have a few servers and clients running archaic software :-\). my jaw dropped as i suddenly felt really old. when i was taking networking classes at hesston, novell was the network OS of choice, but windows NT 4.0 server was up-and-coming. i took a few NT 4.0 administration classes and even thought of getting certified. and he had never seen a computer running windows NT. (i almost titled this post "he dated me" after feeling old by this, but decided against it :) )
after that, we found a bunch more compaq and hp software labeled "DO NOT DISCARD". some of them had internet explorer on them and this brand-new browser called netscape -- oh, how the times have changed.
when it was all said and done, we had filled the recycling dumpster 1/2 full, had 1.5 shelves worth of empty binders, and a few souvenirs for ourselves. fun times!
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