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A Newer Version Of The Dumb Terminal We Displayed Before. 😍🥰💻⌨️🖥️🖨️🖱️📞☎️📠📺📻

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that my Digital Host, David, have another @Dumb Terminal" here. This one is a Model 2 of the IBM 3278 Display Station. This one came out in 1977 so newer aspects were built into it. According to Google AI, this machine belongs to a class of hardware called block-oriented terminals. This architecture functioned very differently from the character-by-character "teletype" style terminals (like the DEC VT100) that people usually associate with command lines. When you did press ENTER, the terminal used an efficiency trick called "Read Modified." Instead of sending the whole screen, it scanned its hardware buffer and transmitted only the fields that you had actively changed or filled in. This drastically minimized data traffic, allowing a single central mainframe to smoothly support thousands of terminals simultaneously across...

Ah The Old Foot Measuring Tool. We Wonder What Happened To Them. 😍🥰👟👠👢👞👡🗝

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have another old item that my Digital Host, David, and I remember. This used to be an item that one would see frequently at either a shoe store or a place for shoes in a Department Store. You Simply Measured your foot size and gotten the corresponding shoes that fits you. One side measures your right foot, the other side your left foot. You do not see this anywhere now. We suppose that it is another era of bygone days. Thankyouverymuch. 😍🥰👟👠👢👞👡🗝

What Beautiful Some Fire Engineering Back Then. 🗝📼➿🕰🚒🔥📛👨‍🚒😀😂😍🥰

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have an old Fire Engine here. Most Likely, my Digital Host, David, and I gotten this picture from MeWe Social Media. According to Google AI this vehicle is a vintage motorized fire apparatus, likely a Ford Model T chassis modified with chemical firefighting equipment. An example of this equipment is a double-tank chemical and hose configuration by a coachbuilder like American-LaFrance or Boyer around the 1910s or 1920s. This vehicle features a bright red body, wooden-spoke wheels painted red, and polished brass fittings. It was an impressive set of wheels for its time. Thankyouverymuch. 🗝📼➿🕰🚒🔥📛👨‍🚒😀😂😍🥰

Ah What Good Old Fashion Vintage Busses Gardena Los Angeles Had. 📼📇🕰🗝🚌🚍😍🥰

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that we have some old busses here. My Digital Host, David, have asked Google AI a few questions. Since we knew that these vehicles say Gardena on them, the Artificial Intelligence told us that they were located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. These busses were created in the 1940's and continued until the late 60's or early 70's. Perhaps they lasted more than that but we can't be certain. These big set of wheels also took you to the Downtown core of Los Angeles, but most stuck to the Gardeena area. It is similar to what the Montreal Transit system rides were. Thankyouverymuch. 📼📇🕰🗝🚌🚍😍🥰

What A Big Old School Machine. 😀😂😍🥰🤖💻🖥⌨📽➿💽💾💿📀📠📟

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that we have a Mainframe Computer here. My Digital Host, David, and I present the Honeywell 200 machine. This is maybe what the Dumb Terminals like the ADM-1 or the other ADM-3A were communicating with this one. In all case this large piece of Machinery and its successors were introduced to compete with affordable commercial computers from IBM (specifically the IBM 1401). The native assembly language used to program the Honeywell computer was named Easy Coder. Yes, at that time, assembly language was considered easy to code in. Honeywell ran an ad campaign over several years that they called the Liberator, using various very creative sculptures made from computer parts. We wonder if this mainframe was able to be programmed in COBOL as well. You also see that it' data storage were tape reels. It is another classic computer. Thankyouverymuch. ...

Superdavebeastula The ChatGPT Snapchat Steam Train Engineer Alien. 😀🥰🚂🚆🚋🚃🚞🛤💻⌨️🖥️🖱️

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that we are on a some Train Ride. My Digital Host, David, and I downloaded a Snapchat photo of ourselves on Facebook. That picture was us driving a School Bus with the same cartoon kid you see in the picture. We used the A.I. Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT to transform the bus into a Choo Choo Train. We also turned the picture from Portrait mode into Landscape mode. We also added a city skyline in the background. That city might be Montreal but we are not too sure about that. In all case we are riding in one of favorite Steam engines. Thankyouverymuch. 😀🥰🚂🚆🚋🚃🚞🛤💻⌨️🖥️🖱️

Choo Choo Choo Choo From Montreal To Vancouver. 😀😂😍🥰🚂🚇🚊🚆🚉🚃🚈🚞🚟🛤

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have an old Postcard over here. It is quite fitting since my Digital Host, David, and now myself are intrigued about Railway systems and Trains. The information that I will provide comes straight from Google AI. When Uploaded the Artificial Intelligence said it was a postcard that depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway's Imperial Limited Transcontinental Express. This rail line runs from Montreal to Vancouver. The painting itself was published in 1905 by The Valentine & Sons publishing CO, LTD. We asked what part of Canada this train was at and the answer it gave was that it was still in Quebec just outside of Montreal. It left it's Windsor Station quite some time ago and is on it's way to British Columbia. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😍🥰🚂🚇🚊🚆🚉🚃🚈🚞🚟🛤

We Sure Did Come A Long Way, The This Dumb Terminal The ADM-3A. 😍🥰💻⌨️🖥️🖱️🖲️🕹️🖨️🗜️💽💾💿📀📟📠

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have an old machine over here. It is something that connects to a MAINFRAME or possibly to a SUPER COMPUTER. My Digital Host, David, has taken computer courses back at Dawson College. The teacher or professor who was teaching talked about Programming with "Dumb Terminals". This what is being displayed in the picture. According to Wikipedia this machine, "The ADM-3A is an early influential video display terminal, introduced in 1976. It was manufactured by Lear Siegler and has a 12-inch screen displaying 12 or 24 lines of 80 characters. It set a new industry low single unit price of $995. its "dumb terminal" nickname came from some of the original trade publication advertisements." However, we have found that there were even earlier type of terminals that were even more "Dumb" than this ADM-3A. One of the...

Superdavebeastula The Snapchat Pixlr Color Pencil Alien. 😀😂🟥🟨🟦✏️📱💻

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that my Digital Host, David, and have made another creation. On either side of the picture is a rendered Snapchat photo of us. Smack in the middle is a picture of Crayola Twistables. I would fathom to guess, is that we look now as if we were drawn with these pencils. We appear as Magical men. We might even be Istari from LOTR although I wouldn't endorse that fully. Mind you there is a bit of Saruman or Gandalf within us, but I cannot say for certain. But I am guessing this is another silly picture experiment of ours. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂🟥🟨🟦✏️📱💻

I Would Be The First One On If CN Opened This As A Tour Bus. 😀😂😍🥰🚂🚈🚄🚞🚋🚃🚆🚇🚊🚉🛤️🚐

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have something that was recently taken out of service. It was phased out either in the late 2000s or early 2010s period. This vehicle, owned by the Canadian National Railway Company, is a kind of school bus that has a mechanism that could put itself on the railroad tracks. This thing was introduced either in the late 60s or early 70s. It was used to transport railroad workers to their location. Since they are not in regular service any longer, my Digital Host, David, and I feel that it should be used as a tour guide of sorts. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😍🥰🚂🚈🚄🚞🚋🚃🚆🚇🚊🚉🛤️🚐

Looks Kind Of Like A Newer Version Of A Winnebago. 😍🥰😇😈🚗🚕🚙🚌🚑🚒🚐🚚

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have a RARITY of a vehicle. In fact this might be the only one its kind. My Digital Host, David, and I do not know which sight we Downloaded from but it is a Beaut. Looking this one up on Google, its AI has stated that "This vehicle is the one-of-a-kind 1962 Kershaw Executive Cruiser, a legendary custom recreational vehicle. It is a rare piece of American Art Deco automotive history that was designed and hand-built by inventor and industrialist Royce Kershaw Sr., founder of the Royce Kershaw Company in Montgomery, Alabama". We asked the AI of this search engine if it was built with any parts from the either GMC, Ford or Chrysler companies. The answer was, "The front cab area utilizes a factory Ford Econoline cab section, which the builders cut, widened, and integrated into the bodywork to give the RV its distinctive face"....

Yup, Those Were The Glass Bottle Pepsi Days. 😀😂😍🥰🛒🏪🏬🥫🍼🧴🍾🥤

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have a Vintage Picture. Either this photo is from the late 1970s or from the early 1980s. It is portraying a woman doing some Grocery shopping. She is also right in front of a stack of Pepsi Cola. Just like Coke, it used to be sold in glass bottles. Even the big 2 liters were also glass bottles. Also, Logo for PepsiCo was different from what it is now. My Digital Host, David, and I remember this very well. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😍🥰🛒🏪🏬🥫🍼🧴🍾🥤

Rampage Was And Still Is A Fun And Funny Game. 😀😂😍🥰😇😈🦍🦎🐺🎮🕹️🖲️💻⌨️🖥️🖱️🚁🛩️🚔🚖

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that we have another old game that my Digital Host, David, and I used to play. This arcade game might be a little newer than the others we have shown. It is still from the 1980s however. Here you can play one of three characters. You can play George, the giant Gorilla, you can play Lizzie, the sort of Godzilla type of lizard or you can play Ralph, the giant Wolfman. The object is to smash and destroy ALL the buildings in the city that you are in. There are army helicopters, tanks and other vehicles that are shooting at you. You can smash cars as an added bonus as well as the military vehicles. Sometimes you can eat some food or even a few people as well. It is an absolutely fun, funny and amusing game to play. At any rate we are now playing it again on Retro Grames website. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😍🥰😇😈🦍🦎🐺🎮🕹️🖲️💻⌨️🖥️🖱️🚁🛩️🚔🚖

Ah The Old Apple 2s. We've Come A Long Way Since Then. 😀😂😍🥰😇😈🤖💻⌨️🖥️🖱️🖲️🕹️🎮💾📼

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that we have another Personal Computer that is quite old. My Digital Host, David, and I remember using this back in West Hill High School, when we had the Computer Science class. This is an Apple II computer, although we are not sure if it is a Plus or an E. As you can see, the screen is green. Colored Monitors were a rarity although we did have one in class. No Hard Drive, just two 5 and quarter inch disks, which held only about at most 500 KB. It was the first time we used computer so it was exciting. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😍🥰😇😈🤖💻⌨️🖥️🖱️🖲️🕹️🎮💾📼

The Car Truly Looked Like A Demonic Possessed Automobile. 😀😂😍🥰😈👹👺🎃🤟🤘👌🤙🚗🚕🚙🏎️

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have a vehicle that was used in one of the Horror Movies. It is a film that my Digital Host, David, and I have watched either in the 70s or 80s. According to Google AI, it is a heavily customized 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III created by George Barris for the 1977 horror film "The Car". The Design Origin was that the car was specially rebodied by "Kustom king" George Barris to have a lower, more menacing stance for the film. Four cars were built for the movie, with three dedicated specifically to stunt work. The unique vehicle inspired models from companies like Auto World and Ertl, and it is considered a cult classic among horror fans. We can conclude that this vehicle does look demonically evil. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😍🥰😈👹👺🎃🤟🤘👌🤙🚗🚕🚙🏎️

The Power Of The IBM 305 Ramac Computer Is Now In Your Cell Phone. 😀😂😍🥰😇😈🤖💻⌨️🖥️🖨️📱🖱️📞☎️🕹️🖲️🎮

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval, Quebec, Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have another post about old computers. The last one that we made about the first Hard Disk, there was an ERROR in our presentation. My Digital Host, David, and I mistakenly called the disk 305 Ramac. The 305 Ramac is the Mainframe computer which was the first to have the Hard Drive that was only 5 MB of data. In 1956 the IBM 305 RAMAC was also the biggest computer every built at that time. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😍🥰😇😈🤖💻⌨️🖥️🖨️📱🖱️📞☎️🕹️🖲️🎮

We Ramble On To The Stairway To Heaven Over The Misty Mountain Hops. 😀😂😇😈😍🥰🧙‍♂️🧚‍♂️🧝‍♂️🚐🎸🥁🎹🎼🎧🎤

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that we have once again, the hippie van from Volkswagen. Officially it is the Type 2 Model produced in the 60s and 70s. I have said this before and I will say it again. My Digital Host, David, and I have seen this van plenty of times. Sometimes it is referred to as the WestFalia or Westy when it is converted into a Camper by that company that is subcontracted the VW company. Since it is a sort of Counter Culture type of vehicle, it is no surprise to us that the person who owns this particular vehicle, turned it into Led Zeppelin mobile. Since Robert Plant was inspired by Lord of the Rings, we can even imagine a group of Hobbits driving this van. Maybe, perhaps we can Imagine Radagast The Brown wizard driving this car. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😇😈😍🥰🧙‍♂️🧚‍♂️🧝‍♂️🚐🎸🥁🎹🎼🎧🎤

Mario Had 23 Years Of Jumping Over Barrels. 🦍🦧🚰🚾🚽🛢️🔨🍌🎮🕹️🖲️📺🖥️⌨️💻🖱️

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have another old game that is on Free Video Games site. It is almost the exact engine as the arcade version of Donkey Kong. It is another game that my Digital Host, David, played when we vacationed in Asbury Park, New Jersey. On this site it is called Free Kong, but it is the same design and game to a T. Basically, you are a character (most likely it's Mario) and you are trying to rescue your wife or girlfriend. She is within the clutches of a monstrous gorilla that is throwing down barrels in your direction. You either have to jump over the barrels or you can destroy them with a hammer. You got to climb as high as you can to reach her. Thankyouverymuch. 🦍🦧🚰🚾🚽🛢️🔨🍌🎮🕹️🖲️📺🖥️⌨️💻🖱️

And Now, My TCL Flip Phone Has More Capacity Than This Computer. 😀😂😇😈😍🥰😮😲🤖🎮🕹️🖲️🖱️🖥️⌨️💻📲📱📠📟

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me that we have a pretty old Computer System over here. My Digital Host, David, and I are not sure if this is a MAINFRAME or a Super Computer. We do know that these Machines used Tape Reels for data storage most of the time. In 1956, IBM unveiled the world’s first commercial hard disk drive: the IBM 305 RAMAC. It weighed over a ton and could store just 5 megabytes of data, less than a single high-resolution photo today. Its storage unit used 50 massive 24-inch platters to read and write data using magnetic heads. Fast forward to today, and we now carry terabytes of data in drives smaller than a deck of cards. What once required a forklift now fits in your pocket. This leap in data storage shows just how far computing has come and how fast innovation can change the game. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😇😈😍🥰😮😲🤖🎮🕹️🖲️🖱️🖥️⌨️💻📲📱📠📟

I Can Imagine This As Our Rat Hearse Gothmobile. 😀😂😇😈👹👺👻💀🚗🚕🚙🚑🏎️🚓🚔🚘

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Well Now, Always Remember, Superdavebeastula The Tall White Gothic Vampire Alien, Coming To You from Laval Quebec Canada. So. It Seems to Me we have an ominous vehicle here. This item is a customized 1954 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery. It is a classic American utility vehicle based on a passenger car platform. It was basically on of those sleek passenger Station Wagons. Though it wasn't used as a hearse or an ambulance on a regular basis, there were a few that were modified for this purpose. Actually, if my Digital Host, David, and I ever owned this vehicle, it would be perfect. Since we often went to gothic events, this would be made into a GothMobile. Thankyouverymuch. 😀😂😇😈👹👺👻💀🚗🚕🚙🚑🏎️🚓🚔🚘