Posted on 05.28.09 10:46AM under Technology
With the advancements in technology, many of us may have thought that the tech products and services that we used to patronize many years ago are totally gone. Some might be surprised when they find out that these gadgets or services still exist even though we have not heard any of them for a long time.
Among these instruments and services are dot-matrix printers, floppy disks, Netscape, MS-DOS and Lotus 1-2-3.
Dot-matrix printers
Dot-matrix printers have played a big role in my projects way back in grade school. Our teacher would ask us to write essays, articles, book reports, reaction papers, research work and more. With the aid of this printer, I have accomplished my tasks in school. I once thought that this printer is no longer being used, only to find out on several instances that there are some small enterprises that use this to print receipts.
Floppy Disks
I can still remember that the sizes of floppy disks have been included by my computer teacher as one of the items in our quiz. I used to like the transparent ones in various colors. These disks are no longer standard tools but I have a friend who has a computer that supports one. There are also new 3.5 inch drives that still exist.
Netscape
It was my first browser. I think I liked using it before and became a loyal user until such time that I was introduced to Internet Explorer. Netscape was bought by AOL.com. If there is anything positive about what happened to Netscape’s downfall was that the now popular Firefox browser is actually based on Mozilla code that originated as an open-source version of Netscape.
MS-DOS
My generation still caught up with this operating system. It was the first OS I got my hands on despite the emergence of Windows 95. I heard that Microsoft still offers MS-DOS 6.22 as a download material for customers with subscriptions on volume-licensing plans.
Lotus 1-2-3
This was the first spreadsheet that I learned to use. I have read that IBM still sells the 2002 version and it introduced a new suite with a spreadsheet called Symphony.
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