I've been spending the evening browsing through some old copies of PC Zone (for the sake of nostalgia). Imagine my mirth and surprise when I got to the 'Bits and PCs' section of an issue from over 20 years ago and found this little nugget of ignorance submitted by yours truly (last letter): Admittedly, it was a crushing response from Mr. Burgess due to my 12 year old ignorance, but there was a silver lining: Off the back of this letter I managed to convince my folks an upgrade was in order, and they spent a couple of grand on a 486 (yay!) SX25 (boo!) based rig. Made me smile this evening
I was expecting a picture of you in your wifes swimsuit to be honest. It does show the value of magazines back in the day though. A few googles would sort out such questions these days.
With the immediacy of the internet as an information resource, it's easy for people to forget that tech magazines, word of mouth and, occasionally, dial in BBS sites (don't ask about the phone bill) were the only ways to cure our ignorance. My first forays onto the net in the early to mid nineties were very much text based affairs, but the handful of people out there with net access were largely techies by nature - it was blissful.
In the late eighties, ifyou had a question nooene in school could answer, next months computer club meeting was the next best chance. (or browsing through some old PC-mags at the local library) Aaaargh, imagine waiting a month for advice!
BAHAHAHA This is brilliant. God I miss the good old days of PC Zone. I used to look forward to them reviewing crap games because the reviews themselves were so hilarious.
My brother one a pretty amazing PC in a PC Zone competition when Z Steel Soldiers came out, and was pleasantly surprised when Rhianna Pratchett was the one who called him..
