tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4403135850913085021..comments2024-03-29T11:16:37.695-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: A Personal History of TechnologyLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-52456560877801973252022-12-30T16:40:08.836-05:002022-12-30T16:40:08.836-05:00Yes, those of us who have lived with a coal furnac...Yes, those of us who have lived with a coal furnace will never forget the experience!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70995216632028849942022-12-30T16:36:27.735-05:002022-12-30T16:36:27.735-05:00I certainly agree with central heating and air-con...I certainly agree with central heating and air-conditioning. I very much remember as an elementary school child going to the basement at 3am with my older sister to restart the fire in the coal furnace. My older brother would forget to "bank" the fire so it would last all night and my sister was too scared to go into the basement by herself. We moved into a new house when I was 10 and I remember gazing in amazement at the little box on the wall in the hall-- you just set the temperature and that's all!! SUPER COOL (or warm)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70890015435036794442022-12-29T18:43:52.460-05:002022-12-29T18:43:52.460-05:00Oh, R.T., I remember those 5-1/4" floppies. ...Oh, R.T., I remember those 5-1/4" floppies. And the 3.5" ones, too. <br />And Barb, the colors are great - and the actual qwerty keyboard part is exactly the same. it's just some of the direction keys that are different.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66419413739420463632022-12-29T17:55:21.340-05:002022-12-29T17:55:21.340-05:00I don't think I could give a typical keyboard,...I don't think I could give a typical keyboard, but those colors do look fun!Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-6680487999486438972022-12-29T10:42:07.089-05:002022-12-29T10:42:07.089-05:00My next step up when converting from yellow legal ...My next step up when converting from yellow legal pads where cut-and-paste involved scissors and Scotch Tape was to an AT&T desktop with Word Star and a Brothers daisy-wheel printer. Insert a 5-1/4 inch floppy to load the operating software, take it out and then insert the 5-1/4 inch data floppy to write. Now I have three of my young grandsons to tell me how to operate (and correct my wrong moves) on these new fangled machines. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36565720852479478772022-12-29T09:54:44.614-05:002022-12-29T09:54:44.614-05:00Thanks, Anon. I'm sort of nostalgic for the m...Thanks, Anon. I'm sort of nostalgic for the mechanical typewriter, until I make a really bad typo in the middle of a page and think about the days when I'd have to retype the whole thing. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89151905512788694782022-12-29T08:02:29.445-05:002022-12-29T08:02:29.445-05:00Absolutely right on, although I am a bit nostalgic...Absolutely right on, although I am a bit nostalgic for the sound of the mechanical typewriter, so much nicer than the plastic click of computer keys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com