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<div id="compose-body-wrapper" dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Thanks Craig. </div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto">I like that he highlighted cassette tapes.</div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto">Yep some go back a bit more.</div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto">I often think on the progress we have made with computers and networking. Comparing the first IBM PC that I owned and the TRS 80 that stored programs on audio cassette tape. And how much more powerful these were than the following. </div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">The first computer I programmed on in Fortran.</div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_7040</div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto">And smaller. </div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto">Does anyone remember Gopher?</div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto">https://www.howtogeek.com/661871/the-web-before-the-web-a-look-back-at-gopher/</div><div dir="auto"><br/></div><div dir="auto" id="tmjah_g_1299">I am writing this on my phone while camping at Island View, listening to Suzanne's music group playing music they are reading from a website Suzanne created while tethered to their cell phones. I attach a photo taken by the phone that created this email.</div><div dir="auto" id="tmjah_g_1299"><br/></div><div dir="auto" id="tmjah_g_1299">Yes we have come a long way. Much of it useful and even more of it fun. </div><div dir="auto" id="tmjah_g_1299"><br/></div><div dir="auto" id="tmjah_g_1299">Deid VA7REI</div><br/></div><div class="replyHeader" dir="auto">On June 25, 2026, at 09:40, Craig Miller <projects@vicpimakers.ca> wrote:<br/></div><br/><br/><div><div>Hi All,</div><div><br/></div><div>Sure, several of us, can go back further, but this is a fun article, with old pictures of computers. Click on it if you are interested in seeing old stuff.</div><div><br/></div><div>https://www.markround.com/blog/2026/06/17/25-its-only-when-you-look-back/</div><div><br/></div><div>Craig...</div><div><br/></div><div>-- </div><div>IPv6 is the future, the future is here</div><div>http://ipv6hawaii.org/</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>-- </div><div>Projects mailing list</div><div>Projects@vicpimakers.ca</div><div>http://vicpimakers.ca/mailman/listinfo/projects_vicpimakers.ca</div></div>
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