Rubber band floppy drive

When I went to grad school, we were presented with a VERY BIG "portable" Compaq computer, the size of a small suitcase. The software included Lotus 1,2,3. We were tol to bring the thing home and install Lotus 1,2,3. I could not understand the directions, and asked a self proclaimed computer expert. "Well, he said, first yo put each disc in and FORMAT it" Are you sure I asked? Oh yes, he said, that gets it ready to install. He then provided me with complete directions for formatting each disc, and I did as directed. I then tried again and again to install the program, with no luck. Finally, I brought the whole thing back to class, and announced that there was "something wrong" with MY program. The instructor, could not stop laughing when I told him what I had done, and I learned it is better to NEVER accept everything from a self proclaimed expert without proof of his expertise!

I worked at a college from "85 to '98. In '86 I had a computer lab and found one of those suitcase computers.. think I finally threw it out in 1990... worth a few bucks now ! Slow as could be with 5 1/4 disks.

Yea.. keep installing it..
Anyone remember when you could get software that allowed two modems to connect to your service provider and split the downloads. I think one modem did text and the other images ?
I would believe this was way before 56K connections and when service providers could limit your connections. I think I tried it but you needed two telephone lines. I had a separate modem line as well as a phone line. I was on, some times, for 10 hours straight back in the late '90s. I had a good company then. I still have the E-Mail address from them, 15 years.

When I went to grad school, we were presented with a VERY BIG "portable" Compaq computer, the size of a small suitcase. The software included Lotus 1,2,3. We were tol to bring the thing home and install Lotus 1,2,3. I could not understand the directions, and asked a self proclaimed computer expert. "Well, he said, first yo put each disc in and FORMAT it" Are you sure I asked? Oh yes, he said, that gets it ready to install. He then provided me with complete directions for formatting each disc, and I did as directed. I then tried again and again to install the program, with no luck. Finally, I brought the whole thing back to class, and announced that there was "something wrong" with MY program. The instructor, could not stop laughing when I told him what I had done, and I learned it is better to NEVER accept everything from a self proclaimed expert without proof of his expertise!