My sister and I were doing some family tree searches at the State Library..must have been the late 80s, or early 90s. We became quite proficient with microfiche.
Grams said
03:36 AM Mar 24, 2013
I remember cataloging cards when I worked in the school library at high school in 1975. And no it doesn't seem that long ago. In fact I alphabetised my DVDs using a card file, I have 1,500 DVds so had to keep them in some order. I tried it on the computer but I liked the cards best.
barina said
03:50 AM Mar 24, 2013
rockylizard wrote:
Love this, I worked in a public library for 24yrs and saw the introduction of a computersed sytem and then the internet now a library is a very techno place with Foxtel, EBox and noise
Duh said
05:31 PM Mar 24, 2013
And remember Teleprinters, and bus conductors on buses? (and you behaved yourself or got kicked off, and had to stand up for adults!)
_wombat_ said
06:21 PM Mar 24, 2013
Duh wrote:
And remember Teleprinters, and bus conductors on buses? (and you behaved yourself or got kicked off, and had to stand up for adults!)
some of you are very bloody old
Duh said
06:27 PM Mar 24, 2013
_wombat_ wrote:
Duh wrote:
And remember Teleprinters, and bus conductors on buses? (and you behaved yourself or got kicked off, and had to stand up for adults!)
some of you are very bloody old
Well we live longer than Wombats......
Kiwi-as said
12:05 AM Mar 25, 2013
When I think of the tech advances the last 60yrs.,i wonder what it's going to be like the next 60.
vk6tnc said
12:19 AM Mar 25, 2013
Duh wrote:
And remember Teleprinters,
And telex machines and telegrams. Not to mention the computer that greated you with a blank screen and this in the top corner C:\
neilnruth said
04:53 AM Mar 25, 2013
Remember when we didn't have mobile phones? Now we get distressed when we don't have a signal.
vk6tnc said
05:11 AM Mar 25, 2013
And every Post Office had lots of public phones......
Beth54 said
10:22 PM Mar 25, 2013
vk6tnc wrote:
And every Post Office had lots of public phones......
Your flat out finding a public phone anywhere these days.
jules47 said
12:52 AM Mar 26, 2013
Office work - how far has it come?????? I remember the old Gestetner stencil machines - type onto the stencil with no ribbon on your typewriter, made holes, then had to be loaded onto a machine to get copies, if you made a mistake there was something in a bottle like nail polish to fil the hole in!! No electric typewriters either, just old Remingtons, some with cork platens!!!!
Then came photocopiers - took up a heap of room, had a barrell, that had to be very carefully looked after, and powder loaded. Only one person allowed to operate it in our building, had to go to a week long course to learn about it.
And gee, that doesn't seem so long ago.
My sister and I were doing some family tree searches at the State Library..must have been the late 80s, or early 90s. We became quite proficient with microfiche.
Love this, I worked in a public library for 24yrs and saw the introduction of a computersed sytem and then the internet now a library is a very techno place with Foxtel, EBox and noise
And remember Teleprinters, and bus conductors on buses? (and you behaved yourself or got kicked off, and had to stand up for adults!)
some of you are very bloody old
Well we live longer than Wombats......
And telex machines and telegrams. Not to mention the computer that greated you with a blank screen and this in the top corner C:\
Your flat out finding a public phone anywhere these days.
Remingtons, some with cork platens!!!!
Then came photocopiers - took up a heap of room, had a barrell, that had to be very carefully looked after, and powder loaded. Only one person allowed to operate it in our building, had to go to a week long course to learn about it.
Plug and key switchboards.