They were 64's, but I had an awful lot of fun with them..A professor in Math and Computer Science contacted me and asked if I would exchange lessons for letting his 10-12 year old son use my system for projects he was teaching him..That kid is probably one of today's pc scientists..lol..It was a good deal as far as I was concerned..I could never get my husband interested, but he spent most of his life flying combat and just enjoyed stretching out on his extra long sofa and watching tv..he always worked with a slide rule when they were getting ready for a run..--Phyllis
----- Original Message ----- From: "JIM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Windows updates > > Phyllis, > >> I too had 2 full Commodore systems and ran a BBS with them. > > Which model, 64. I never owned a 64. I started with a Vic 20 and > by the time I could upgrade I went with the C128 because it not only > could be a C64 and do CP/M. Well, sort of, the CP/M was pretty > lame, in fact so was CP/M as far as I could tell. OK, if that's all > you've got. It was slow because the Z80 chip shared control with > the 6810 [or whatever] chip. > > .> urge to build my own and was going to buy a Heath kit..but my husband >> surprised me with a $10,000 system with dual 8" floppies.. lol.. remember >> those..lol. > > I've seen them but never owned a machine that used them. I had a Commodore > 51/4 drive and a 3.5" drive. Of course CBM could not manage two dries > unless > you cut a jumper to make one of them as drive 9. So I did that on the 3.5" > drive > but added a switch so that it could work as either # 8 or # 9. One thing > about > a CBM machine is that the I/O stuff, printer and drives were all on the > same > port. > If. you weren't careful and tried to print something before saving it the > computer > would lock up. At least with those machines 'booting up' took a couple of > seconds. > >> Shack store and tried to buy a book/program on hexadecimal >> programming..the >> clerk took it away from me and said "Women do not understand these things >> and we cannot make a refund if you open the package".. >> duh!!..lol..--Phyllis > > I assume that you mean by hex programming, assembly language. It's hard to > believe > that RS guy was that dumb, even back then. But then RS people don't really > know > computers or electronics stuff. :-) > > Jim > > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.15 - Release Date: 04/16/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.15 - Release Date: 04/16/2005 If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
