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Re: Words we no longer use
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Originally Posted by Steve W
Television dial - a round disk on the front of the TV. Numbered 2 to 13 and was used to change channels. Involved leaving the couch to see different channel. Before the term "channel surfing" was invented.
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To go with this...
UHF Channels - the channels from 14 to 64 that you used a tuner or thumb wheel to dial in, and were very lucky if you added 5-6 channels to your 2-13 selection.
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Originally Posted by IndySam
Floppy disk was used before 5.25 or 3.5 were even invented.
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and boy were they floppy!!!
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Last edited by Cynette : 23-05-2007 at 10:11.
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