OBi 100/110 GV Update request
vtsnaab:
How very silly Steve !!
Things have not changed so very much in the IT world, really.
Telecom as well as most infrastructure still depends upon COBOL, which was ALL there was during my college years.
The main differences are that now there are display screens vs. only teletypes & punchcards that 'talked' with mainframes, but the foundations still remain the same, as shown here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx2YCbIxYPI
(Yes, it ends with a short promo, AFTER making some very good, clear points.)
Fortran is still very much alive & kicking too.
As to Personal Computers - the form factors have changed, but even the 64 bit systems are still just glorified & updated descendants of the 80386 platform.
What HAS changed seriously are handheld devices, mostly due to the wonders of Google having morphed Linux into Android, as you surely know being as you are a Google guy.
My measure of success with regards to tech gear is reliability;
The tech world shifted its focus to handheld devices, but still has never presented the consumers with any means to place print on paper with 99% reliability.
Cars loaded with glitchy tech gear are another great example showing how things have NOT changed all that much.
We, as a species (as far as the general public has been allowed to see) have not progressed in our tech adventures very far from the Z80 and the 8086.
The graphics have been added to overwhelming levels in everything, making so much into childish, cartoony silliness - whilst convergence has blurred the lines between TVs, phones & PCs to the point where PEOPLE have become confused - but the technology is not so different.
Lots of psychology has also been inserted to 'help' folks in accepting when they are being 'guided' in spending - like by having to buy new stuff just because someone else says so.
With the possible exceptions of 'smart devices' along with extra spending - our lives are not so different now from what they were 50 years ago - I testify here as a 1st hand witness to that.
PS: The Tandy TRS-80 & CoCo lines were actually quite advanced for their time & pre-dated PCs, being based upon the Z80 chips mostly - giving folks an ability to experience personal computing at a time when very little else was available at any affordable price.
Yes - I was very involved with that series as well - so please don't try teaching grandpa history as you may have had it told to you - I was there.
Terp:
I had a TRS-80, too....right after I stopped using my Timex Sinclair w/ the membrane keyboard and the old-school tape-drive (reads: hit play to load something, go made a sandwich, have a drink, check the TV, and pop back semi-frequently to see if game/program has loaded yet). :)
lottamoxie:
As an owner of an OBI 110, purchased exactly 6 years ago in 2011, I guess it's finally time to upgrade my device, especially because my OBI recently stopped working :P. Just placed an order for the OBI 200.
Yes I know there's another option for Obi 110 users, that being the Simonics Gateway, but that service is not accepting new signups right now, according to what I read on the website.
And yes, I know the OBI 200 will reach its EOL at some point too, such is the reality of progressive technology. I hope that will be many years away (at least 6).
I'm thankful to still have Google Voice (previously GrandCentral); I've used this service a very long time, was a GrandCentral customer back before Google purchased them.
mamin:
I request every user who has working device but became paper weight to go out to Amazon put out review on all OBI Device and make upcoming aware about what they could get into based on experience what we had. Dumping customer out of woods should be big no no for any business and that lessons must be taught. We should not let other customer suffer same as what we did. I have spent hours and hours to figure out company itself is dumping customer after knowing their old device does not work at all. It may be simple fix which can be distributed without warranty but they did not
Kage:
Quote from: david2 on December 12, 2017, 04:34:32 am
Google can't seem to let things be. Constantly tinkering with things. All changes they implement should be done on their side and require no changes from the client side. In other words, a standard. Yeah, I know it's a free service, but who knows how long that will be the case.
Google does this with youtube and gmail too, always changing things instead of leaving them alone and it's usually for the worse. Fortunately for now for those sites you can restore the previous config but it won't last. Hard to complain about GV since it's free but still maybe they have too many employees with nothing to do.
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