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Old 03-06-2003, 02:37 PM  
SquarePants
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Originally posted by jimmyf
like you're sig, very feww people know he said this. I had a programer that did some work for me, when he started, in the 1950's he said there was just 10 to 15 computers in the world at that time.
Thanks, I had a tech at a paging company I worked at back in 83 and when cellular was coming out he said it was a fad and people would not do it, and we had mobilephones at the time that required an operator as well as you had to push to talk. Fun days back then. Best job I ever had
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