Texas Ti99-4A dumb name, but nice machines. -----Original Message----- From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:25 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CF Timeline
What were those TI computers way back in the day that either booted in to a BASIC prompt or had to load programs off of cartridges? I messed with them before the TRS-80 Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:07 PM 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
