RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009

2009-06-12 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Even better: http://legendsofzork.com/ -sc From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Grin I had all three Zorks for the Commodore 64 but I only completed the first one

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2009-06-12 Thread Steven M. Caesare
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Even better: http://legendsofzork.com/ -sc From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Grin I had all three Zorks

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2009-06-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
, June 10, 2009 6:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 cleaning out some old clutter in my home office, and found a couple PC Magazines from June 2000 ... Some amazing/fun/sad comparisons Although PC Mag is now out of production, the last issues were about 80 pages

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2009-06-11 Thread James Rankin
MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:11 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 cleaning out

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2009-06-11 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Smile want to see what

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2009-06-11 Thread Webster
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 OK, if we are on a nostalgia trip... I miss the old days when Computer Shopper was the size of a phone book and The Hard Edge with Bill and Alice. Who remembers the Loft of Doom and Pepsi Cola

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2009-06-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
H... I remember the fellas from l0pht and cDc (BO for fun and profit!). Loft of Doom? -sc From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 OK, if we

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2009-06-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Lucky you. My wife would have just chucked them without a word, especially since I threw out her stinking old slippers without asking :-) 2009/6/11 Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org Smile

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2009-06-11 Thread paul chinnery
remember doubling the memory by piggy-backing the mem chips onto the second set of chips to give me 16k. Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:24:02 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com CC: From: christopher_bod...@glic.com OK, if we

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2009-06-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I had a Timex Sinclair. Cutting edge!!! From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Yes, I remember Computer Shopper. I can also remember when CDW

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2009-06-11 Thread Steve Kelsay
And I remember programming for that environment! Wow. 16 K. Heavenly! From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Yes, I remember Computer Shopper. I can also remember when CDW

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2009-06-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Ditto Assembled from a kit. 16K RAM pack FTW!. -sc From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 I had a Timex Sinclair. Cutting edge

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2009-06-11 Thread James Rankin
-backing the mem chips onto the second set of chips to give me 16k. -- Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:24:02 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com CC: From: christopher_bod...@glic.com OK, if we are on a nostalgia trip….. I

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2009-06-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
And that's not hard at all on a membrane keyboard... -sc From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 I remember buying magazines for the ZX Spectrum that contained games - if you

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2009-06-11 Thread Sean Rector
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 I had a Timex Sinclair. Cutting edge!!! From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Yes, I

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2009-06-11 Thread James Rankin
] *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:09 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 I remember buying magazines for the ZX Spectrum that contained games - if you had the patience to type in every line of code required. And then finding there was a syntax error

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2009-06-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
! From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 I remember buying magazines for the ZX Spectrum that contained games - if you had the patience to type in every line

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2009-06-11 Thread Tim Evans
And Dell was PC Limited ...Tim From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Yes, I remember Computer Shopper. I can also remember when CDW was Computer Discount Warehouse. Actually, I kinda

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2009-06-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 My 1st computer was a Commodore PET - and then that fall, I took (and ended up being an asst. teacher) a programming class in 7th grade - they were using a mix of PET's and CBM's. Sean Rector, MCSE

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2009-06-11 Thread Jacob
Adam. Tape cartilages instead of floppies. From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 My 1st computer was a Commodore PET – and then that fall, I took (and ended up being an asst

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2009-06-11 Thread David Lum
: Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Smile want to see what is in my home office closet, Windows IT Pro magazines from 7 years ago, stacked from the floor to the ceiling, my Wife is still trying to get me to throw some of them out, and I tell

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2009-06-11 Thread Kurt Buff
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Smile want to see what is in my home office closet, Windows IT Pro magazines from 7 years ago, stacked from

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2009-06-11 Thread Jake Gardner
Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Or programming in Qbasic, there is a shocker... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Sean

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2009-06-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Maglinger, Paulpmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: I remember buying magazines for the ZX Spectrum that contained games - if you had the patience to type in every line of code required. And then finding there was a syntax error somewhere on line 5040 They had

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2009-06-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Cassette-tape player volume control mastery was essential... -sc -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Maglinger

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2009-06-11 Thread Steve Ens
Hey I had the Tandy 1000 too! With colour monitor...wow! On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Maglinger, Paulpmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: I remember buying magazines for the ZX Spectrum that contained games - if you had

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2009-06-11 Thread paul chinnery
And remember the old text based adventure games? Simple commands like go right or look right. Many were written in BASIC so it was pretty easy to hack the program to win. Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:49:56 -0500 Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 From: stevey...@gmail.com To: ntsysadmin

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2009-06-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Zork! Leisure Suit Larry! From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 And remember the old text based adventure games? Simple commands like go right

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2009-06-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Colossal Cave. From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Zork! Leisure Suit Larry! From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent

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2009-06-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Leather Goddesses of Phobos... From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Colossal Cave. From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent

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2009-06-11 Thread Len Hammond
11, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: Zork! Leisure Suit Larry! -- *From:* paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:22 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009

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2009-06-11 Thread Greg Olson
Yep all nice and free: http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Grin I had all three Zorks for the Commodore 64 but I only completed

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2009-06-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
cleaning out some old clutter in my home office, and found a couple PC Magazines from June 2000 ... Some amazing/fun/sad comparisons Although PC Mag is now out of production, the last issues were about 80 pages or so, June 2000 had 238 pages Crucial was advertising memory upgrades of 64mb