LAST on-list OT, I promise! We have met, I think. I know that store if my (hazy) recollection is correct.
Near a Farrells and the Bicycle Tree? I dinked around on some ***really*** early Apple computers there. Highly advanced casette recorder used to load programs. Way too sophisticated for floppies. If that was you, then a) I remember it quite well and b) you bear partial blame for getting me interested in this field. Man, talk about memory lane! I took boxing at Sunnyvale High. Tough crowd ;) --Matt-- -----Original Message----- From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF4K was Re: Macromedia listening? is RE: ColdFusion for kids Matt Really, Really OT If you were a computer geek between 1978 and 1989, then we've probably met! Yeah, I know FHS -- Freemont and Saratoga-Sunnyvale. I and 2 others owned some computer stores, one was 2 blocks away at Fremont and Mary -- Computer Plus --across the parking lot from the Velvet Turtle. You guys (FHS) were behind in some ways, but you had cable TV & VCRs in every classroom (unique at that time). There was a teacher there Jerry -- can't remember his last name but, he was really progressive and liked by the students -- Jerry was trying to set up a computer lab -- got no support from anybody. We did some small stuff with FHS, but it never really got going. Anyway, FHS was in a different district than SHS, with completely different funding. But we had several FHS students on our payroll -- between skateboarding, and Hires graphics they helped sell a lot of computers. Greg Porter, Joe Wilson come to mind. A few years after you graduated, Woz tried to donate several million to Sunnyvale HS (same district) to set up a computer lab, But, politics got in the way & they could never could figure out what to do with the money. You/we grew in the heart of Silicon Valley, when everything was exciting & new! Dick On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 06:43 PM, Matt Robertson wrote: > I can't help myself... I have to chime in. Totally OT: > > Dick Applebaum wrote: >> Well, here is the high school that installed the first computer lab >> network in June 1980: > <snip> >> http://www.saratogahigh.org/shs/academics/academics.html > > Small world. I graduated from Fremont High in June 1980, which is in > the same town and high school district as Saratoga High. We were > pretty > fierce rivals. At the time all we had was a few Commodore PETs, and a > LOT of cobbled-together stuff, much of it hand-me-downs from parents > working in/around HP, Atari, Lockheed, Fairchild et al. > > Wasn't it SHS where the entire senior class all got straight F's on > their report cards cuz persons-unknown broke into the FUHSD system > and... Tinkered? Was either 1979 or 1980. Killed too many gray cells > since to remember exactly. > > Great time/place to grow up: Sunnyvale CA, right when all that PC > stuff > started. > > --Matt Robertson-- > MSB Designs, Inc. > http://mysecretbase.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
