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Kids today have grown up with computers, but so have some of us. This Eons group is for longtime computer professionals, hobbyist, early adopters; anyone who programmed on punch cards, used ARPANet, gotten Email on a dialup BBS. Or anyone who remembers programming or using an Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 400, Sinclair ZX80, Texas Instruments 99 or other 8 bit or 16 bit microcomputer.

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CosmosCitizenOne's profile

Welcome !

Welcome to all members new and old. Please feel free to post a message on joining or any other time. All members are welcome to introduce themselves. | posted by CosmosCitizenOne
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:: Why did you join this group ? ::

As a matter of interest, as group manager, would like to know why members have joined this group ? | posted by CosmosCitizenOne
7 replies - last reply: "I joined because I do consider... more" ~ cfom
thekopperkat's profile

ipad has some uses when your old ...........

Three Things Apple iPads Do Well For Seniors and the One Huge Error Its Design Failed To Consider article here view link | posted by thekopperkat
1 reply - last reply: "For who ever wants to know: The... more" ~ Sheina Y.
CosmosCitizenOne's profile

Jobs 'more showman than geek' ..

From abc.net.au Mike Daisey is author of The Agony and Ecstacy of Steve Jobs and says the Apple co-founder was not a classic geek but was intimately involved in everything Apple did. Please w... | posted by CosmosCitizenOne
2 replies - last reply: "Anyone seen the movie "Pirates of... more" ~ Sheina Y.
Frogfall's profile

Skype, anyone? Post contains embedded images

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4 replies - last reply: "I suddenly feel an urge to find a... more" ~ MrBassMan

I know the answer to this question Post contains embedded images

... feeding a 300 Mbps 802.11n (wireless) network transceiver with a typical 10/100 Mbps hard-wired network port will not provide maximum attainable throughput - however, feeding the same device wi... | posted by ggroeller
1 reply - last reply: "( make that "480 Mbps USB 2.0" ) " ~ ggroeller
Frogfall's profile

Arpanet's coming-out party - 1971

"It was mid-1971. Ten scientists met at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Tech Square in Cambridge. They had been given a task by the director of the Pentagon's Information Processing Techniq... | posted by Frogfall
CosmosCitizenOne's profile

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead ..

From abc.net.au Silicon Valley pioneer and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died after a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The 56-year-old was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in his pa... | posted by CosmosCitizenOne
MrBassMan's profile

Microsoft antivirus deletes Chrome browser

Microsoft responds, "Oops. Our bad." view link | posted by MrBassMan
1 reply - last reply: "Strange, I have both MSE and I use... more" ~ david26108
thekopperkat's profile

Geekiest License Plates

Slide show is here > view link Okay and I didn't get some of them............................. | posted by thekopperkat

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