----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie Griefer
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: The old days
I had a Franklin Ace 1000 (apple ][ clone). No HD...one 5 1/4" drive (a
friend of mine had two 5 1/4" drives...we all thought he was way cool).
Monochrome monitor, of course.
I don't remember the model of printer...but it was a Panasonic (i want to
say KXP1090)... I remember all those hours in my room, fiddling with my dip
switches. I blame the hairy palms on that.
charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 5:40 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: The old days
Lemme see - I started on a TI99/4A (I was about 13 or so). I built that
system UP tho. ;^) Added the expansion box (merely the size of a small
footlocker) with Dual 5 1/4 inch Floppies (single density) and the
MASSIVE 32kb memory expansion (the 32kb module was roughly the size of a
hardcover book) the rs232 Interface and the TI Speech Synthesizer
(actually still pretty good. why hasn't Speech been done better I
wonder?)
I also had the needed Cassette tape adapter and a snazzy 300 Baud
acoustic coupling modem.
I wrote my first programs using TI Extended Basic - I actually did a
full, two level video game. It featured sprite animation, collision
detection and even some rudimentary AI. The "story" was that a
high-rise building had put in a new security system (sliding panels and
such): you played the old-fashioned janitorial robot who was forgotten.
You could make yourself invisible to the moving security sensors by
hitting the button (which turned you red) - but if you held it too long
you'd burn out and "die". You had to empty all of the wastepaper
baskets on the 10 floors.
I was stylin'. ;^)
Jim Davis
-----Original Message-----
From: brob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:18 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: The old days
hey guys, I would like to know of any stories you might want to share
about the old days when chatting/computer was just for geeks and the
internet was dormant. Here's mine
I used a 637 Performa CD mack that came with 300MB of space. Half of
that space was taken up by software and the operating system. I had to
constantly delete anything i can to save precious space. The coolest
game i played on it was Burn Cycle, which i still believe is the coolest
game ever. The first time I got internet was AOL 2.6, with a 2.4kbps
modem. CHatting was so fun, and that IM sound so catchy. It would take
anywhere from 5-10 minutes for my modem to load up a decent page with a
fair amount of graphics. I would just walk away for a bit and do
something else. When i got my $150 56k modem, things were alot more
nicer!
Also, I subscribed to computer magazines and used to drool over 150mhz
machines.
Comparing then to now, I'd say that i've been getting more impatient and
greedier. I know thats a bad thing, but I'd rather have it this way, at
least with technology!
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