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  • Farmer Buys Computer In 1995 Computer Store. He's Shocked By The Price.

    From Alex Galiyev@1:129/14.1 to All on Fri May 2 17:45:30 2025
    Hello All!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuod0vytm9k
    "It was 1995 and early one evening we walked into a local computer store in Palo Alto, California and filmed what was going on."

    Alex
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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Alex Galiyev on Sat May 3 00:44:46 2025
    Re: Farmer Buys Computer In 1995 Computer Store. He's Shocked By The Price.
    By: Alex Galiyev to All on Fri May 02 2025 17:45:30

    "It was 1995 and early one evening we walked into a
    local computer store in Palo Alto, California and filmed
    what was going on."

    That takes me back. On weekends, me and a guy I knew used to hit all the computer stores in his area and we'd see folks like that all the time.

    What was fun was messing with salespeople that obviously didn't know about what they were selling; they'd just rattle off specs without really knowing what they ment. Sometimes they actually made up stuff, figuring I was just another clueless mark. Bad move.

    That was a great time to be a geek.
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  • From Alex Galiyev@1:129/14.1 to Mortar M. on Tue May 6 17:30:46 2025
    Hello Mortar!

    Saturday May 03 2025 00:44, you wrote to me:

    That takes me back. On weekends, me and a guy I knew used to hit all
    the computer stores in his area and we'd see folks like that all the
    time.

    When I was 14, I used to hit our only local computer store - where they had a Compaq Presario connected to T1 Internet on display - and that's where I registered my first ICQ UIN, which I still remember (you had to keep all the logins and password in your head =).

    Alex
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