The "Good Old Days"

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The "Good Old Days"

Postby jvdv » Wed 25 Jan, 2017 8:51 pm

Cleaning out the garage and came across some old catalogues and books including a copy of the MUMC Equipment Guide from 1971 which included suggested prices for various pieces of equipment.
Brings back memories of those damned uncomfortable H Frame packs, tents without floors (you needed a groundsheet - and certainly no thermarests, etc) and japara jackets (which were indestructible).
Also found an old price list from Bushgear, a store in Hardwear Lane Melbourne located upstairs above a bookstore - bare squeaky floorboards and gear scattered all over the place - so unlike the boutique like stores of today.
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Re: The "Good Old Days"

Postby Rlgm12 » Thu 26 Jan, 2017 11:49 am

Nice find there mate.
Any other interesting pages?
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Re: The "Good Old Days"

Postby jvdv » Fri 27 Jan, 2017 1:12 pm

Another old price list from Bushgear - in those days much of the gear came in from New Zealand or the UK and next to nothing from the US. The likes of Goretex had only recently been invented a few years earlier and wasn't widely available if at all in Australia - japara, oiled or dry, was the usual material for wet weather gear.
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Re: The "Good Old Days"

Postby Neo » Fri 27 Jan, 2017 3:04 pm

What would have been an average weekly wage in the 70s? (I'm a 76 model)
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Re: The "Good Old Days"

Postby Mark F » Fri 27 Jan, 2017 3:11 pm

As a rather poorly paid computer programmer I was earning about $160 a week in 1975. More typical rates about $180-$200 but in those days inflation was quite high so big disparities did open up. When I quit I was offered $200 a week to stay.
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Re: The "Good Old Days"

Postby puredingo » Fri 03 Feb, 2017 6:41 am

Computers?...in 1975??...Now I have heard everything.
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The "Good Old Days"

Postby GPSGuided » Fri 03 Feb, 2017 6:53 am

I worry and felt sorry for the guy who would drop his stack of punch cards... There goes all the codes! LOL
Just move it!
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Re: The "Good Old Days"

Postby Moondog55 » Sat 04 Feb, 2017 8:58 am

Fortran; COBOL and how many other languages??
Ve are too soon old und too late schmart
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Re: The "Good Old Days"

Postby cajun » Sun 05 Feb, 2017 8:50 am

Assembler and Pascal all run on mainframes controlled by JCL - Job Control Language
Coding sheets and punch cards.

Those weren't the days!
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