Howie, guess you're older than I thought :-)
-Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:07 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: CF Timeline > > > And, it booted to ROM Basic if there was no OS :-) > > Howie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:05 PM > Subject: Re: CF Timeline > > > > 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
