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Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by ChrisSD »

muziq wrote: post #79
ChrisSD wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It does mention Windows NT but honestly nobody really cared about that until NT 3.0/3.5 and it soon thereafter became Windows XP and laid the foundation for modern Windows. Fun fact: NT 3.1 was the first version of NT, released in 1993. It was versioned like that to match Windows 3.1 which had been released the previous year. And NT really took off with Windows 2000. Not just business people but more ordinary peopl…

I think it perhaps took off with NT4 in ‘96..

Eh. I don't think so. Sure, it was used more in business contexts but it wasn't until Windows 2000 that I saw more regular people using it and recommending it.

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by muziq »

ChrisSD wrote: post #81
muziq wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it perhaps took off with NT4 in ‘96..

Eh. I don't think so. Sure, it was used more in business contexts but it wasn't until Windows 2000 that I saw more regular people using it and recommending it.

Oh, so we’re including the unwashed masses ? Cool.. You’re right, of course..

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by Narishma »

einr wrote: post #52
weinzierl wrote: post #41

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The 68000 was introduced in 1979, to me it is part of the 80s. But you are making a good point. Maybe the distinction between 8/16/32/64-bit isn't really helpful. I loved the Amiga but I loathed all the XT/AT segmented memory bitplaned VGA 16-bit stuff. That to me is the deep dark ages.

I loved the Amiga but I loathed all the XT/AT segmented memory bitplaned VGA 16-bit stuff. That to me is the deep dark ages. I get the sentiment, but I have to nitpick the details ;) VGA isn't bitplaned. It's chunky -- to put a pixel on the screen in 320x200x8 VGA mode 13h you literally just write a single byte to the VGA memory. The Amiga, on the other hand, does use planar graphics. (Maybe you're thinking of EGA, w…

VGA was still fundamentally planar, just like EGA. It was just mode 13h that presented a chunky API. IIRC the other modes were all planar.

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by HerbManic »

jmyeet wrote: post #2

I'm old enough to remember the 1990s. Many of us who do consider it the last good decade. Living was cheap. The previously ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation had seemingly abated. This was before the d0t-com crash and obviously the War on Terror that has dominated the 21st century thus far. I have fond memories of the 486 era, which was really the early 1990s. I'm kinda surprised the PC component of this isn…

I would take 90s lifestyle with 2008 tech. That would be nice.

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by HerbManic »

klodolph wrote: post #20

2009, please, sorry. 1993 is fun and all, I can go relive the dreams of Microsoft Encarta, but 2009 has Mac OS 10.6, gigabit ethernet everywhere, and USB.

Pretty much. I thimk we forget about the troubles of the world pre USB. Also by 2009 OS's were very stable but hadnt taken on too much bloat yet.

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by HerbManic »

mrkpdl wrote: post #65

I’ve often had similar thoughts but in my mind it tends to be windows XP/Mac OS 10.3 ish. Those systems were super capable and responsive, but the web moved at a slower pace. A good balance between computing power and humanity. Windows XP really was fantastic…

OSX 10.3 was went MacOS finally felt like an equal to WinXP in everyway. Tiger 10.4 was when they over took them. Great systems.

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by as1mov »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #22

I was in school, and I remember my 1993. Our school was one of the few schools in my hometown (north-east India) that got computers. Unfortunately, we had too many students for each computer during classes. I started a revolt that “Computers are wasting our study time, as our upcoming board exams are more important.” The whole class signed the petition and the School Head had to schedule a class-wide talk and agreed…

Were computers common in schools in India in the early 90s? I was born in 1993, so this is a bit early from my time, but when I was in a (government) school computers started appearing in the early 2000s. They became common in households way later, probably around the late 2000s.

Also funny that your name clicked something in my head to check your profile, and yep you're indeed the Flash guy!

Back in the 2005-2010 era I was making Flash games as a hobby and used to browse a bunch of related forums/sites (flashkit, gotoAndPlay) for tutorials. Your name always stuck out since you're one of the few Indians who were well known for their expertise :)

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by Brajeshwar »

as1mov wrote: post #87
Brajeshwar wrote: post #22

I was in school, and I remember my 1993. Our school was one of the few schools in my hometown (north-east India) that got computers. Unfortunately, we had too many students for each computer during classes. I started a revolt that “Computers are wasting our study time, as our upcoming board exams are more important.” The whole class signed the petition and the School Head had to schedule a class-wide talk and agreed…

Were computers common in schools in India in the early 90s? I was born in 1993, so this is a bit early from my time, but when I was in a (government) school computers started appearing in the early 2000s. They became common in households way later, probably around the late 2000s. Also funny that your name clicked something in my head to check your profile, and yep you're indeed the Flash guy! Back in the 2005-2010 er…

Yes, Computers in the 90s were rare in India and even rarer in the North-Eastern region. I took every opportunity to be around computers during school and college days, mostly helping out pro bono. I might have visited and helped almost every commercial establishment with computers in my town. Fortunately, I also had a weird cousin, much older than me, who reads and talks about some of the weirdest things in the world. He had a computer in his study room in the early 90s. I was, I think, the only person allowed to touch his computer. Around the time when the Internet was launched in India (Aug 15, 1995), he told me that the world would soon become all connected with computers, “Imagine working for a company in the USA, while sitting in your home in India. Learn the Internet.” My ultimate goal during college was to leave that town as soon as I could. I started to understand all of his ramblings and weirdness as truths way later in life. btw, the Internet reached that town only around the mid-2000s and was an ultimate luxury.

Ah! Flash. Yes, I was lucky to be there. Invited inside Macromedia (first from India, and I think only one too for that thingy), listened to Gary Grossman talking about ActionScript, and worked with the whoswho of Flash at that time. Got my name listed in the Flash IDE’s credits roll, and all that Jazz. ;-)

That went down memory lane. Here are some interesting photos from that time https://photos.app.goo.gl/hrV8xZ8GVf8cRXLt5

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by as1mov »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #88
as1mov wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Were computers common in schools in India in the early 90s? I was born in 1993, so this is a bit early from my time, but when I was in a (government) school computers started appearing in the early 2000s. They became common in households way later, probably around the late 2000s. Also funny that your name clicked something in my head to check your profile, and yep you're indeed the Flash guy! Back in the 2005-2010 er…

Yes, Computers in the 90s were rare in India and even rarer in the North-Eastern region. I took every opportunity to be around computers during school and college days, mostly helping out pro bono. I might have visited and helped almost every commercial establishment with computers in my town. Fortunately, I also had a weird cousin, much older than me, who reads and talks about some of the weirdest things in the worl…

Ah that tracks with my experience later too. Even in the mainland, computers were pretty rare for us regular folk. Early in the 2000's, my father for whatever reason assumed computers would be hugely influential in the future and borrowed money to buy one for us. Mostly meant for my older sibling who was in high school, it didn't take his interest but worked its charm on me hah.

And thanks for the pictures! I was a kid during this time, so had no contact with any professionals. Just other kids on various places like Newgrounds and other forums. I remember emailing Armor Games and Miniclip for sponsorship for my shoddy games and understandably not receiving a reply ;)

Nostalgic see to those giant beige CRT computers, that damn copy of Flash MX and people just goofing off haha.

Re: Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

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Post by Brajeshwar »

as1mov wrote: post #89
Brajeshwar wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, Computers in the 90s were rare in India and even rarer in the North-Eastern region. I took every opportunity to be around computers during school and college days, mostly helping out pro bono. I might have visited and helped almost every commercial establishment with computers in my town. Fortunately, I also had a weird cousin, much older than me, who reads and talks about some of the weirdest things in the worl…

Ah that tracks with my experience later too. Even in the mainland, computers were pretty rare for us regular folk. Early in the 2000's, my father for whatever reason assumed computers would be hugely influential in the future and borrowed money to buy one for us. Mostly meant for my older sibling who was in high school, it didn't take his interest but worked its charm on me hah. And thanks for the pictures! I was a k…

If you were into Flash, you would realize that the people you see in the pictures are Colin Mook, Branden Hall (you’d have definitely read their books), Aral Balkan, Flashguru (aka Guy Watson), Jesse Warden, and (forgotten the names of the few others).
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