2. At the time, I was working as a computer programmer for a software company in Rhode Island. The company sold back office accounting programs to banks and small manufacturing businesses. We customized the programs to suit the clients.
3. One morning, a bunch of the fellas (the company only had 2 female programmers) were crowded around Mike's office. There was a lot of laughter, and Mike was taking a lot of ribbing.
4. On his desk, was a small, white box which he claimed was a computer. Personal computing is the wave of the future. Companies will be able to publish their own brochures and business cards. We laughed. We worked on real computers, a little larger than the size of a modern day washer and dryer. The computers did real work: general ledger calculations, financial reports. It's a nice looking paper weight, Mike, though a little on the big side. It's a %^#$ toy. It won't ever take off.
5. What idjits we were.
Where were you in 1984?
Ha! That's awesome.
ReplyDeleteI remember when my hubby wanted an IPod, and I actually asked him, "Do you really need that? We have all these CDs." LOL Well, now I haven't listened to a CD in a long time.
1984? I was in 7th or 8th grade I think.
I was a freshman in high school in 1984. :)
ReplyDelete1984? I spent that year trying to convince Husband I really DID want to have a baby after telling him NO BABIES for the previous nine years! LOL
ReplyDeleteGetting shoved into a locker in Junior High School.
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