On 6/17/06, Daniel R. Tobias <dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
AOL as a source of "oldbies"? The *serious*
oldbie crowd regards
them as the biggest source of clueless newbies! And Windows
(whatever version) just brought more crowds of people too computer
illiterate to handle a command line interface.
No, the *real* oldbies were the ones who used computers without a
wimpy graphical interface... maybe a printing terminal using a modem
switchable between 110 baud and the "high-speed" 300 (like they had
at the high school I attended in the early '80s)... or even punch
cards (like they also used when I was in high school, taking a class
in Fortran).
But I was specifically speaking of newbies within Wikipedia. If I
recall correctly, WP wasn't around in the '80s. And from what I
understand, if you are still using your computer from the '80's to
access WP, you are a miracle worker. ;-) --LV