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Hello Kraft Community, we are very excited to share some great news with you. As loyal Kraft Community members we have heard your desire to do more fun things in the community and we are happy to announce in January 2010 we will be making some changes so you can connect and share food ideas in more ways than ever!
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Moderator_Sky
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 12, 2009 8:16 AM
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I took a computer class in junior high school where we had to code our own programs by hand in Basic. Why did we do this? Not because we wanted to learn how to code, but because we HAD to .. there weren't exactly a plethora of computer programs back then.
In the third grade, I'd get up two hours early every day for school and go in early just to play Oregon Trail. That was the first year our schools got computers. It was awesome! I always made it to Oregon!
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Moderator_Deanne
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 11, 2009 2:43 PM
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> The first really good computer game was Kings Quest.
> To make up for lack of speed, the puzzles were
> sometimes really hard and complex, something that's
> lacking in most of the shoot 'em up type games you
> see today.
I'm glad someone agrees! We played the first 5 or so, bunch of us sitting around the computer to solve the puzzles. I've been tempted to play the newer ones, has anyone tried them?
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Moderator_Jane
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 9, 2009 8:05 AM
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> > We still have a Commodore 64 in the closet.
> > Watched "War Games" with the kids, and they
> couldn't
> > believe that we used to dial a telephone number
> and
> > put the telephone headset on the computer.
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> Ha,ha...this was my husbands first computer he every
> bought for himself when we were dating back in
> college and the first time I actually saw a computer
> in someone's house too. OMG!! I do remember
> dial-up...you could go do your chores and come back
> and it was still downloading. (LOL)
The first computer class I took in college used punch cards. Those buggers were really hard to type correctly. You submitted your stack of cards four or five inches high and had to come back to the next day to see if you had made any errors, which I always did.
The first really good computer game was Kings Quest. To make up for lack of speed, the puzzles were sometimes really hard and complex, something that's lacking in most of the shoot 'em up type games you see today.
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 8, 2009 11:08 PM
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> We still have a Commodore 64 in the closet.
> Watched "War Games" with the kids, and they couldn't
> believe that we used to dial a telephone number and
> put the telephone headset on the computer.
Ha,ha...this was my husbands first computer he every bought for himself when we were dating back in college and the first time I actually saw a computer in someone's house too. OMG!! I do remember dial-up...you could go do your chores and come back and it was still downloading. (LOL)
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 8, 2009 9:16 PM
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We still have a Commodore 64 in the closet.
Watched "War Games" with the kids, and they couldn't believe that we used to dial a telephone number and put the telephone headset on the computer.
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Moderator_Deanne
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 8, 2009 8:48 PM
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will age me for sure, but my first computer had
> 56K of RAM, which was about one file. You had to keep
> your programs on tapes and load what ever you wanted
> to use. My first printer was just a kind of electric
> typewriter that would connect to the back of the
> computer and you had to use coding like HTML for
> things like periods and commas. It was almost faster
> to type it by hand, but easier to correct.
>
> I used to type Master's thesis on that thing for
> other students.
With dot matrix printers, had to line the paper up. I remember playing Kings Quest and it took ages to go from one screen to the next.
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Moderator_Jane
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 8, 2009 9:34 AM
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> Oh My Gosh, am I dating myself or what!! I still HAVE
> an ATARI "kit" complete w/whatever you'd need to use
> it way back when... I would not let THOSE people
> shame me into getting rid of it!! It still works
> perfectly well, should I find someone willing to hook
> the stupid thing up!! Can't remember the name of the
> game that I mastered but I do know I still have it &
> could STILL slay any willing opponent.. Have at it!
This will age me for sure, but my first computer had 56K of RAM, which was about one file. You had to keep your programs on tapes and load what ever you wanted to use. My first printer was just a kind of electric typewriter that would connect to the back of the computer and you had to use coding like HTML for things like periods and commas. It was almost faster to type it by hand, but easier to correct.
I used to type Master's thesis on that thing for other students.
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 8, 2009 3:15 AM
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Oh My Gosh, am I dating myself or what!! I still HAVE an ATARI "kit" complete w/whatever you'd need to use it way back when... I would not let THOSE people shame me into getting rid of it!! It still works perfectly well, should I find someone willing to hook the stupid thing up!! Can't remember the name of the game that I mastered but I do know I still have it & could STILL slay any willing opponent.. Have at it!
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Moderator_Sky
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 5, 2009 8:56 AM
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> I had an Atari also...its funny when I tell my boys
> about it they laugh and think I was born in the dark
> age. 
lol
My nieces and nephews have yet to accuse me of that, but I do get some strange looks when singing along to an 80's song or talking about video games and such we had when I was their age.
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 5, 2009 12:47 AM
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> We had a "video game" where you put a vinyl page on
> your tv screen (it held on by static) and moved a
> little white square around with a joystick. I don't
> know who made it. We eventually got a Sears
> knock-off of Pong, and loved it.
>
> Hey, does anyone remember a Noodle-Roni flavor called
> Noodles Romanoff? It was my favorite, but they
> stopped making it years ago.
My husband had one of those games and he mention Sears was the only place that you could get them. (funny)
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Moderator_Deanne
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 4, 2009 8:36 PM
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> I found some in the back of my pantry, guess i should
> through it out huh?
Unless they're like Twinkies, made to withstand war? LOL
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 4, 2009 2:59 PM
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> We had a "video game" where you put a vinyl page on
> your tv screen (it held on by static) and moved a
> little white square around with a joystick. I don't
> know who made it. We eventually got a Sears
> knock-off of Pong, and loved it.
>
> Hey, does anyone remember a Noodle-Roni flavor called
> Noodles Romanoff? It was my favorite, but they
> stopped making it years ago.
I found some in the back of my pantry, guess i should through it out huh?
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Moderator_Deanne
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 4, 2009 2:05 PM
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> > I never was good at Etch-A-Sketch.
> > The caramel on a stick, sounds like Sugar
> Daddy's to
> > me.
> > I liked B-B-Bats better. Artificially flavored
> taffy
> > on a stick, what could be better than that?
>
> i miss sugar daddies!!!!
They're still around, sugar daddies! http://www.oldtimecandy.com/sugar-daddy.htm
On a side note, boy did I get some interesting links googling sugar daddies. 
I liked the mega pixie sticks better than dip sticks, and I still like swedish fish.
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 4, 2009 12:05 PM
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We had a "video game" where you put a vinyl page on your tv screen (it held on by static) and moved a little white square around with a joystick. I don't know who made it. We eventually got a Sears knock-off of Pong, and loved it.
Hey, does anyone remember a Noodle-Roni flavor called Noodles Romanoff? It was my favorite, but they stopped making it years ago.
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Re: Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.. Remember When???
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Jul 3, 2009 10:12 PM
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> I had an Atari... my neighbor had a ColecoVision. I
> thought he was SO cool. lol
I had an Atari also...its funny when I tell my boys about it they laugh and think I was born in the dark age.
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