Hi, Maria, I remember the old dos games too. One time I played the talking golf game and that was really neat. Wish I could see an old Apple II E again.
Rosemarie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maria Campbell Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, Ah yes, how well I remember the good old days of the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and the cartridges and cassettes that ran it. Then came the highly advanced Apple II/E, with good old Echo speech and WordTalk. I sure did enjoy some of the DOS games, like Destination Mars, on my Windows95 PC. I wish I could remember what I payed for JAWS1. Sunny Day Maria Campbell [email protected] When the power of love is stronger than the love of power then the world will know peace. On 9/1/2010 11:57 PM, ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA wrote: > Hi, David and Kim, > > I also took a computer class in the mid 80's and learned the Apple II E > which also had two floppy disks. I remember when the two drives were side by > side instead of up and down like they are now. I learned a program called > word talk. I wish they still had those computers. > > Rosemarie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > > That's the program I first learned on and there is still a vert package > laying around here in the other room. > David Ferrin > [email protected] > I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up > too. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Kelly"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > > > I remember taking a computer class in the mid 80s, and we used a huge > computer and two floppy disks and we used a speech program called "Vert > Plus". > Has anyone heard of that speech synthesizer? I thought that class was so > fascinating. > > Learning Doss and all of those commands. > What memories. > > > > Kim Kelly > > Clarkston Washington > > Email and facebook: > [email protected] > > Alternative E-mail: > > [email protected] > > skype: > > kblinky971 > > > Visit my website > http://www.samobile.net/users/kimk59/ > > Keep on smiling and everyone will wonder what you've been up too. > author unknown > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > > >> 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. >> -------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
