a new BBS...

[Chuck Guzis]

On 22 Sep 2008 at 15:27, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:


> Well I must be going back to my childhood quickly as I age ...
> They don't make quality sounding AM radios any more. The
> All American Five does not count as quality radio's let alone
> them new fangled transistor stuff.

Well, to be fair, as in vintage computers, there's a "time effect".  
I remember the first time that I heard FM (monophonic) broadcast 
radio--I was blown away by the fidelity.  I probably wouldn't think 
much of the same sound now, but emotions can stay with you a very 
long time.  Similarly, I think the speed of a CDC 7600 mainframe 
would seem glacial to me now.  Memory is a funny thing.

Cheers,
Chuck








> > Once you get a modern Pentium (or whatever) PC, you'll never want to use 
> > an 8 bit micro, or a PDP11, or... again.
> >
> >   
> So just why you are this list ;)
> > -tony
> >
> >   
> PS. I think the real poblem is most people have not heard
> broadcast quality audio, just the low end 45's , mono LP's
> and crappy CD's.
> 
>