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princessbelle · 12-13-2012, 05:08 PM

It's really hard to remember "way back when" but i think this is mine pretty much....

Early 1980s I purchased a Brother Word Processor...
I worked from home typing and transcribing Q and L clearances for the government. Very interesting job. Loved it and it allowed me to stay home with my babies and continue working. It was a tiny little thing and just showed about 8 lines in the screen. Had the printer built in but you couldn't print and then type at the same time. They took turns.

Early 1990s i ended up working for a computer company, which has since gone out of business i think.
It was a Big computer company. Most of the computers were still filling up the size of rooms and business was booming. There were a few PCs out there and i had one. It had a black screen and orange letters. I did have my choice, that one or the one with green letters. Ugggg it was awful. They had so much money that they would spend it ridiculously. I would hold customer appreciation banquets and was given a Visa and was told "Money is no object, let our customers know we appreciate them". And boy i did. From renting out the Aquarium in Chattanooga to renting out golf courses with gourmet meals with ice sculptures, our customers were treated right. Huge contracts for computer upkeep back then. Major bucks. I was in charge of organizing the repair side of the company regarding billing and bookkeeping. Ironically, i mostly kept up with everything with a green ledger on paper. We did have email there, it was the old "All in 1" email system. Surely that is not still around. LOL

In the mid 1990s i bought my first PC for home.
It was a HP and the reason i wanted it was to play chess on it. My brother had bought one and the game had the chess pieces that came to life. It was so cool. My oldest son wanted to "get on the internet". I remember telling him no. It scared me and i just bought them games that were those huge floppy discs and we did that for years.

In the late 1990s i relented and we hooked up to the old dial up internet that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't.
The rest is history.

12-13-2012, 05:08 PM	#2
princessbelle Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme ones Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,380 Thanked 30,496 Times in 5,198 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	It's really hard to remember "way back when" but i think this is mine pretty much.... Early 1980s I purchased a Brother Word Processor... I worked from home typing and transcribing Q and L clearances for the government. Very interesting job. Loved it and it allowed me to stay home with my babies and continue working. It was a tiny little thing and just showed about 8 lines in the screen. Had the printer built in but you couldn't print and then type at the same time. They took turns. Early 1990s i ended up working for a computer company, which has since gone out of business i think. It was a Big computer company. Most of the computers were still filling up the size of rooms and business was booming. There were a few PCs out there and i had one. It had a black screen and orange letters. I did have my choice, that one or the one with green letters. Ugggg it was awful. They had so much money that they would spend it ridiculously. I would hold customer appreciation banquets and was given a Visa and was told "Money is no object, let our customers know we appreciate them". And boy i did. From renting out the Aquarium in Chattanooga to renting out golf courses with gourmet meals with ice sculptures, our customers were treated right. Huge contracts for computer upkeep back then. Major bucks. I was in charge of organizing the repair side of the company regarding billing and bookkeeping. Ironically, i mostly kept up with everything with a green ledger on paper. We did have email there, it was the old "All in 1" email system. Surely that is not still around. LOL In the mid 1990s i bought my first PC for home. It was a HP and the reason i wanted it was to play chess on it. My brother had bought one and the game had the chess pieces that came to life. It was so cool. My oldest son wanted to "get on the internet". I remember telling him no. It scared me and i just bought them games that were those huge floppy discs and we did that for years. In the late 1990s i relented and we hooked up to the old dial up internet that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. The rest is history. __________________ ~ I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou