Quote: ". how many of you remember the commadore64 or the 128?"
I remember the Commodore Vic-20. ( 5k memory vs. 64k )
The Commodore 64 was far more expensive, it being their latest model at the time.
The IBM PCs had 8086 and 8088 powering the latest computers. ( 286s weren't around yet much less a 386 or 486)
Nothing was automatic in those days, not even saving your work.
Everything was manual, including hardware detection.
There was no hardware detection. You had to manually configure everything.
You defined the sectors and cylinders when you installed a hard drive.
I remember having to set DIP switches to use a Monitor.
They probably don't even know what a DIP Switch is. lol
Most kids today take the
Automation Process for granted.
They don't begin to realize just how much work is being done for them.
It's not their fault that they expect things to be done for them, because that's the world we've built around them.