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| From | dye@d118-75-174-144.try.wideopenwest.com (dye) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | chi.internet |
| Subject | Re: Microcenter |
| Date | 2017-10-14 20:39 +0000 |
| Organization | WOT Racing |
| Message-ID | <ortsm9$i2f$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <MPG.2f52f3a4b7954d13989eec@news.speakeasy.net> <onjv6d$fn2$1@reader2.panix.com> <oo6ore$5rn$1@remote5bge0.ripco.com> <oof96t$4i2$2@reader2.panix.com> |
In article <oof96t$4i2$2@reader2.panix.com>, Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote: >Don Seeley <see-sig@fakedomain.com> wrote: >> Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote: >>> barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, 3 Aug 2017, dye wrote: >>> > >>> >> In article <ns7sgu$1th$2@remote5bge0.ripco.com>, >>> >> Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> wrote: >>> >>> Mark Anderson <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote: >>> >>>> In article bje@ripco.com says... >>> >>>>> Yeah but at least they are trying, look where Radio Shack is today. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Keep in mind when MC opened (1997/98?), the computer market was totally >>> >>>>> different from today. They need to keep changing shit to get >people in the >>> >>>>> door. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Remember Handy Andy? They tried to charge me $108 for a 12 pack of >>> >>>> fluorescent tube bulbs because the cashier thought it was $8/bulb >>> >>>> instead of $8/12 pack. Had to get a manager to figure that out. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Microcenter hasn't changed much since they opened. After a few years >>> >>>> opening they became a better deal for a lot of things than that monthly >>> >>>> COD computer fair. Do they still do that? >>> >>> >>> >>>>> I'm not a gamer but it's obvious from posts, news articles and feeds >>> >>>> that >>> >>>>> the game market is mostly "online" these days. I don't quite >get what Steam >>> >>>>> is, but it's obvious it's some pay to play system. That and all >the console >>> >>>>> machines that only work over the net. With all that going on, I >can't see >>> >>>>> where carrying them in a store works anymore. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Maybe MC is trying to take a stab at Fry's, although I haven't >been out to >>> >>>>> the one in Downers Grove (or wherever the hell it is) in a >while, last time >>> >>>>> I was there they had a couple aisles dedicated to loose >"parts". Seems like >>> >>>>> a waste of floor space but who knows. >>> >>> >>> >>>> I'm not a gamer either. I was looking for PS2 games in some bargain bin >>> >>>> but now PS3 are the bargain platform. Microcenter used to have those >>> >>>> bargain bins of random stuff that you could spend a lot of time looking >>> >>>> through for something you might need and get it cheap. They don't do >>> >>>> that anymore. >>> >>> >>> >>> They still have bargan bins (well, more like tables). >>> >> >>> >> My big MC bargin bin score was circa 1998...someone had returned a Palm >>> >> Pilot 7, which was better than the Palm 5 I went to buy, but also >>> >> *included wireless celluar*. The people who returned it had >>> >> activated a data plan and it worked wireless for free for about a >>> >> year and a half. >>> >> >>> >> Not that it was fast or anything, probably an analog cellular connection, >>> >> but this was living large in 1998. >>> > >>> > Hah! >>> > I'm surprised they didn't cancel the account, but good for you! >>> > >>> > I had two different Palm devices, and while they were fun to have, and I >>> > could read my email on them, but looking back at them, boy, were they >>> > clunky compared to our smartphones. >> >>> Maybe somebody here can remind me about all of this. >> >>> What the hell was a palm even for? I don't recall anybody who ever had one >>> being able to explain what it really did other than looks real stupid >>> hanging off an belt next to a two way pager. I don't recall them even >>> having "basic functionality" like being able to exchange "electronic >>> business cards" or anything like that by pointing them at each other. >> >>> Even those silly watches you'd link to your computer by letting the screen >>> flash made more sense. >> >> At the time I had my Palm 5 I was traveling a lot for work and used it >> to keep track of my calendar & schedule and track expenses. I also >> played solitaire and a couple of other games on flights and had a >> couple of good Japanese practice apps. >> >> As Barb said, I thought it was the shit at the time. By today's >> standards it was slightly better than a wax tablet and a pointy stick. > >I didn't even know there were telephone (AMPS?) enabled versions. Still >seems like a worthless product. Mobiltex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobitex Palm VII: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_VII Retailed for $600? $15/month data plan? That was the MicroCenter bargin bin find of the century! --Ken -- Ken R. Dye an optimist is a guy | Chicago, Illinois that has never had | http://dye.datsun510.com/index1.html much experience | dye1146 at g mail dot com archy |
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