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18-10-2013, 11:18 AM
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"full ahead both!"

Roll on 2004...I'm gonna get one of these...including the ships wheel.

I think they were a bit out on the size though

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18-10-2013, 11:32 AM
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Imagine having that on your lap !
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18-10-2013, 11:40 AM
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I think some people are still using those ...
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18-10-2013, 11:49 AM
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There's only one snag, you have to be a submarine skipper to use it.
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18-10-2013, 11:54 AM
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What's the wheel for?

Quaint reading what they thought would happen with computers back then 'not every home would have one'!

I remember the mainframe at the University taking up a whole room! It was huge.
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18-10-2013, 12:07 PM
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I think we're looking at the latest portable model, it's on wheels and you drive it wherever you're going.
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18-10-2013, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jem ->
I think we're looking at the latest portable model, it's on wheels and you drive it wherever you're going.
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Perhaps they thought people would get smaller by 2004.......much smaller!
 

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