Well, my first PC type computer was Maryland Computer Systems ITS,
information through speech. I then upgraded to total talk PC again by Dean
Blazie.
Then at home Karen won an 8088 Packard Bell xt computer. With that system I
used jaws for dos. I believe that in the mid 1980s is when I purchased jaws
for windows 1 for windows 3.0. At that time I hated windows and still am not
a fan of PCs. Give me my old big mainframes. B5500, B6700 then into the
larger IBM mainframes. The first computer that I worked on was an RCA
spectra 70 and the IBM 1401.
On these systems I had to write my own read /write macros and multiply and
divide routines. That was a lot of fun.
For the ITS, it was the world's first talking computer linked to an IBM
mainframe. When it was linked a news release was sent out through AP. I
started receiving calls from all around the world inquiring about it.
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From: "heather kd5cbl" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:07 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum,
One of my favorite system is weird! It was a 280 or 480 something back in
the 80s. We had to use vex. I remember that we thought it was the
coolest thing. That was when you had two floppy drives and about 2 or
three buttons to turn the computer on. That thing is still probley
working today! I remember we took the computer apart in school to see how
the components worked. Remember that is when it took two folks to carry
it or maybe it is because we were so little. I just remember playing that
typing game where you hit a key before the ghost gets you. And I remember
all the commands just to make the computer function. You had to do it in
the exact order or you had to do it all over again. I remember having to
type "win" inter to make the windows come up. I remember that if you
wanted to spell check something, you had to put another flopp disk in that
had the dictionary or part of it to get the correct word. I liked my old
dos based commands. I was real disappointed when you did not have the
direct access to windows root comands. I mean you can still have access
but, dos was just so much more efficient. Heather
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