Computer Quiz

[tech_guy]

It probably just shows how old and sad I am but here's a quiz on the BBC site about computers through the years:

 

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Midweek quiz: Old computers

 

I'm rather chuffed as I got 10 out of 10!

 

[ICT_GUY]

Me too, 10/10.

[Haptic]

7/10 here pityful lol

[CHR1S]

5/10, guessed most of them too lol!

[mattx]

I got 13 - dunno what happened there.....

[sparkeh]

Bah! only 5. And some of them were guesses.

[Sirbendy]

7/10 - and one of those was me never seeing an IBM portable..but I do remember the original Compaq heavy ones...heh.

 

They didn't mention the IBM 5100/5150!! Sacriledge!

 

(I still know of a school with a Commodore PET )

[jmcdermott]

dam only 8 out of 10.

[iatkinson]

6 out of 10, not bad considering only got into computers post 2000.

[tmcd35]

9/10 - Got the IBM/Compaq portable question wrong Still the only one I had to guess at, had a 50/50 chance of getting it right

[Psymon]

6, guessed until the Sega Saturn onwards

[elsiegee40]

7 out of 10 (not very good on game consoles!)

 

I remember my Dad bringing home a Commodore PET from work so he could work at home... oh those C30 tapes!

 

I also remember my other half having to lug one of those IBM 'portables' across London to work... They were flippin' heavy!