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[A Guy]

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LOL, Seriously I am so tired of those cat pics/videos on FB.

A Guy

 

[Borg 386]

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[Kari]

An actual shot of a warning inside a vintage 1970 rental camper in Dublin Ireland a few years back:

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[boohbah]

so you can still cook whilst doing 119 mph,
fast food presumably : groan:

 

[Kari]

I would like to see a road in Ireland where it's OK to drive 120 mph with a 70's camper van . The story is that sign should say 20 mph but a human typo was noticed too late, and because they thought it is a good joke they left it like that.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

The sign's probably a gag. The speed limits in Ireland are in km/h, not mph. Motorway speed limit is 120km/h, btw.

 

[Kari]

The sign's probably a gag. The speed limits in Ireland are in km/h, not mph. Motorway speed limit is 120km/h, btw.

Dear Lady, the camper van and the sign are from 1970. As far as I know Ireland had speed limits in miles per hour until 2005, although distances were told in kilometers in road signs already from mid 90's. Anyway, in 1970 the imperial system was the only one used in Ireland, although the change to metric system started slowly late 70's.

Anyway, the story is the one I was told by the owner of this small rental company.

 

[A Guy]

Then...and now



A Guy

 

[COMPUTIAC]

Wonder how much it weighs. Looks hefty.

 

[robinb9]

The funny part, we had one of those and it weighed mucho mucho

 

[Layback Bear]

One of my rules for laptops. They should never weigh more than a case of beer.

 

[Britton30]

"When the keyboard is clipped over the display, only the weatherproof brushed aluminum case is exposed."
- Jun 1981.

 

[Layback Bear]

I looks like it uses the floppy drive. All it need now is a cup holder.

 

[Kari]

I looks like it uses the 3 1/2 in. floppy drive. All it need now is a cup holder.

No, the Osborne 1 as it was called had 5¼-inch floppy drives.

 

[jdXp610]

My first computer was a Tandy, I seem to remember it having two 51/4 inch drives ...

 

[Kari]

My first computer was a Tandy, I seem to remember it having two 51/4 inch drives ...

First PCs with a 3½ inch floppy drive came 1983 so all PCs prior to 1983 had the 5¼ inch drive like the Osborne 1 a few posts back, or some "pre-historic" PCs even the 8 inch drive.

The PC in your image looks exactly like the basic Tandy 1000 which came as you mention shipped with 5¼ inch floppy drives.

 

[TVeblen]

And there was no hard drive. Those two floppy disk drives were all the 'storage' you got!

 

[Borg 386]

It weighed 10.7 kg (23.5 lb), cost $1,795 (USD)

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[A Guy]

A Guy

 

[Layback Bear]

That sign should change the social life of some.