Sunday, 9 May 2010

Before the Internet !?!

Fresh back from holiday, Dave HAMBO Hambidge asked “What did we do before the internet explosion?”


Well Dave, I played ‘Space Invaders’. Click the image if you really want a game now.






Then, a few years later, there was Elite which had groundbreaking 3D graphics. We found 3 people were optimal to play Elite. One pilot, one gunner and the other taking a break before the next shift rotation. And so we would play for 12 or 18 hours (or more sometimes) all one game. Click the image for a download (crappy colour version though).

And there were these things called books which I understand are still popular.

Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles
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5 comments:

  1. dave hambidge10 May 2010 at 08:12

    Andy, that video is a treat, really started our day with a hoot! I will try and get others to call by to enjoy later. HAND.

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  2. Andy Holroyd10 May 2010 at 13:29

    The vid is sheer genius.

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  3. Laura13 May 2010 at 13:22

    Before internet? Hmm... that would have been "mom at home with little kids' time.. I read, and read and read..
    Now.. I seem to be glued to my laptop!

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  4. Andy Holroyd13 May 2010 at 23:10

    Laura, I used to read all the time as a youngster. There was mobile library which visited the village, basically a big van with bookshelves. I devoured half of that and then realised I could request titles, so by 12 or 14 I was on HG Wells, Mark Twain and science textbooks.

    Nowadays I'm about 30% printed reading (books and newspapers), 60% online (news and blogs etc) and 10% audio books (I need my bed-time story). Times change.

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