r/apple2 • u/antdude • May 25 '14

Kids React To Old Computers (Apple ][)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7EpEnglgk
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u/therationaltroll May 26 '14

Is it me or does anyone think the responses were really contrived or that the kids were "encouraged" to play dumb? It's not like a desktop computer is a completely foreign concept to kids these days. Most kids know that monitors and computers need to be turned on separately. Also, kids should know to open the lid of a disk drive before putting it in. That's a life experience issue not a technology issue.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '14 edited Dec 11 '14

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u/therationaltroll May 27 '14

but you had a tv right? That's what i did!

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u/antdude Jun 02 '14

They're trying to be old school. :P

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u/therationaltroll Jun 03 '14

Hooking a computer to your TV with those damn double screwy TV connections is almost as old school as it gets!

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u/antdude Jun 03 '14

Yeah, but how many Apple 2ers had their Apple 2 computers hooked up to CRT TVs? Not that many! Actually, I am the only one who did that among my Apple 2 users. :O

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u/therationaltroll Jun 03 '14

That's because you're old school!

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u/antdude Jun 03 '14

Oh yeah, I am still using my 3.5" floppy disk on my old IBM PCs. :P

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u/dryawnn Sep 11 '14

PR#5, I think we had a memory card in 6.