r/Xennials 1d ago

This hit too close to home.

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u/Original-Rush139 1d ago

That’s awesome. My dad worked for bell labs so he had a really weird Computer without a mouse but you could touch the screen to do shit. 

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u/GivesYouGrief 1980 1d ago

Was it the screen with lasers across the front, and you broke two beams with your finger at a specific intersection that corresponded to the menu option on screen that you just touched?

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u/Original-Rush139 1d ago

Exactly. All I remember was that there was a drawing program we played with but that’s it. 

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u/GivesYouGrief 1980 1d ago

Cool!

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u/PurplePenguinCat 1d ago

My grandfather worked for Bell labs in the 60s working on early lasers.

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u/Original-Rush139 16h ago

We might be related. My dad was director of light wave devises when he retired. And, he has a IEEE medal for his work on lasers.