How they do it in the old days??

I've been thinking for a while in investing some funding in my techie department. I need a laptop. For some, including me, it's more of a luxury as oppose to a necessity. But, as weeks fly by, it's really annoying to know the fact that I have to type my assignments and check my emails or the e-learning database frequently, the labs are often packed with people. And I wished I just have a lappie to get over with.If possible empowered wif a 3G card.

So, I was thinking how did dad survive his college days. They don't even use a desktop back in the 70's. As far as I could remember he was a fine and respected engineer himself. Then, I thought of all the pioneers regardless what field their into. Back then they are not as well equipped as the students today. Yet, they managed to live through a tech-savy era. To me, the old school people is like amphibians. They lived in two different time frames. The days where type writer is just like any other tool amd the days where blackberries roam in the streets.

I'm still amused somehow.