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Andrew Everard wrote:

shooter wrote:
Just wondering if 07 was the birth of these forums?

No, just the latest reincarnation: the forums date back to the mid/late 1990s, and if you want to see what people were talking about a dozen years ago, try clicking here

I remember when it was like that's, I used to post on there too.

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eggontoast wrote:
I remember when it was like that's, I used to post on there too.

And even that was a reskin: the old pages of the 1990s were even more basic, but haven't archived too well

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2007 here, don't post very often though but do a fair bit of reading.

Have a great New Year everyone beauty, eh

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Wow, nearly been on here...

Covenanter wrote:

Were they droning on about cables then too?

Chris

Nope - all very sensible. The main topic then was "how to spring clean your Pioneer Plasma". rolling on the floor laughing

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Nearly five years for me, too.

I remember using the WorldWideWeb for the first time in 1995, using Mosaic.

Before that it was mostly individual Bulletin Boards, each with an individual telephone number, accessed using a dial-up modem at 96bps.

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Before that it was mostly individual Bulletin Boards, each with an individual telephone number, accessed using a dial-up modem at 96bps.

Luxury!

Ah remember when you 'ad to write out your postings by 'and wi' a stick of charcoal on back of an old envelope, pin them to a board in't village square, an' 'ope someone 'appened to pass by and 'ave a look...

Wink

 

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I used to use a teletype to access the local college. That was fun.

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Andrew Everard wrote:

jcbrum wrote:
Before that it was mostly individual Bulletin Boards, each with an individual telephone number, accessed using a dial-up modem at 96bps.

Luxury!

Ah remember when you 'ad to write out your postings by 'and wi' a stick of charcoal on back of an old envelope, pin them to a board in't village square, an' 'ope someone 'appened to pass by and 'ave a look...

Wink

 

I used ta live int shoe box int middl o road . showing your age a bit sonny rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing

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Out of interest drummerman. What hifi do you own? Smile

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Out of interest drummerman. What hifi do you own? Smile

Whatever it is, it's pretty and he's pretty proud of it.  shifty

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fr0g wrote:

I used to use a teletype to access the local college. That was fun.

I just used to climb the fence.

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showing your age a bit sonny rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing

What, just because I used the At Last The 1948 Show version rather than the later Python/Secret Policeman one?

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CnoEvil wrote:

steve_1979 wrote:

Out of interest drummerman. What hifi do you own? Smile

Whatever it is, it's pretty and he's pretty proud of it.  shifty

Pretty it ain't ...

Denon PMA1510/Sony STRDB930, Denon DCD 685, Usher S520, Ruark Vita sub (MJ Pro 50) Laptop/Spotify etc via cable or blue tooth, Cables by Naim/QED

Bedroom; Denon Receiver, Denon CD player, netbook plus other bits and pieces, including more speakers which will be rewired and otherwise changed etc.

The Sony receiver is presently used as 2ch amplifier in the lounge.

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drummerman wrote:

CnoEvil wrote:

steve_1979 wrote:

Out of interest drummerman. What hifi do you own? Smile

Whatever it is, it's pretty and he's pretty proud of it.  shifty

Pretty it ain't ...

Denon PMA1510/Sony STRDB930, Denon DCD 685, Usher S520, Ruark Vita sub (MJ Pro 50) Laptop/Spotify etc via cable or blue tooth, Cables by Naim/QED

Bedroom; Denon Receiver, Denon CD player, netbook plus other bits and pieces, including more speakers which will be rewired and otherwise changed etc.

The Sony receiver is presently used as 2ch amplifier in the lounge.

regards

Nice. Cool

Do you have any photos we can see? (the hifi I mean not yourself Wink )

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steve_1979 wrote:

drummerman wrote:

CnoEvil wrote:

steve_1979 wrote:

Out of interest drummerman. What hifi do you own? Smile

Whatever it is, it's pretty and he's pretty proud of it.  shifty

Pretty it ain't ...

Denon PMA1510/Sony STRDB930, Denon DCD 685, Usher S520, Ruark Vita sub (MJ Pro 50) Laptop/Spotify etc via cable or blue tooth, Cables by Naim/QED

Bedroom; Denon Receiver, Denon CD player, netbook plus other bits and pieces, including more speakers which will be rewired and otherwise changed etc.

The Sony receiver is presently used as 2ch amplifier in the lounge.

regards

Nice. Cool

 

Do you have any photos of it?

Sure, I can post some. There will be a few soon about the mods I am carrying out as well

regards

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