HA! I can beat that for wierdness - my orignal 1982- vintage IBM PC had a cassette port and floppy drives were optional.
Cassette from IBM? Note this machine was originally marketed to compete with the Apple II - IBM didn't *dream* how it would succeed ... Hard disk wasn't even available until the XT. To later put a hard drive into a PC required replacing the BIOS chip. -Ben > lol .. I remember that. My best friend had a TRaSh-80 that used a cassette > tape for storage. > > Stop it .. you are making me feel old now too .. and I'm too young to feel > old :( > > Todd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lon Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:35 PM > Subject: RE: CF Timeline > > > > ;') > > > > My first hands-on computer experience was programming on the Commodore > > Pet when I was in the second grade. > > > > I felt really old the other day at the local game store when a high > school > > freshman mentioned disbelieving his computer teacher when he was told > that > > people used to use cassette tapes to store programs on. I guess I should > > be thankful that the kid knew what a cassette tape was. > > > > > > > > ....oh...I can feel the liver spots bursting on my hands....... > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
