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If you ever wanted an illustration of how far computer technology has come in a single generation, this video portrays it well. A bunch of kids who’ve grown up with Macs, iPads and iPhones, and for whom apps and the web are as natural as breathing, try their hand at an Apple II – starting with the challenge of how to switch it on.
Scarily, I’m old enough to have used an Apple II and now feel slightly nostalgic, but I don’t think I’ll be trading in my MacBook Pro anytime soon.
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This is fun 😄
Thanx Ben
Glad you enjoyed
Thank You Ben (I Think) for reminding me that I not only used these but sold Commodore 64’s, Atari 400’s
800’s and IBM 8088’s as well as using Bulletin Boards before real live Internet…..
This could turn into a nostalgia fest … I had a CBM 64 though the BBC Model B was my main machine way back then, until the Macintosh came along.
Why not give them some technology from the future and see how they react to that?
Hey Ben,
Do you think their reaction was a lot like Steve’s?
“Why is the power button on the back”
“This is too hard”
“What is this?”
“Why do you need to type command before a mathematical problem?”
An interesting way to look at it :-)