On Monday 04 April 2005 04:47 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: > > On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: > > > On Friday 01 April 2005 12:40 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: > > > | I'm going back to my TRS80 model 4. > > > | > > > | Dan > > > > > > OMG! I had one of those. I think it cost- like - > > > $1650, which is probably about $10,000 in today's dollars. > > > > I still have mine, still works, dabbled a little in basic with it. I put > > in the extra memory and two 720k drives. Paid $50 for it used. > > > > > And the first 386/25. I still have that laying around somewhere, or at > > > least pieces of it--4 MEGS of RAM-whoo hoo--that was one hell of a > > > machine. I actually ran Linux on it, for a while, kernel 1.x something, > > > maybe 1.2, I can't remember exactly. Yup, them were the good ole days. > > I've got you all beat. I started on a Cosmac Elf with 256 bytes of static > ram, a hex keypad and 2-digit 7-segment display! An RCA-1802, the best 8 > bit cpu ever built. Composite tv output (40x25), and audio tape storage > were also available. My brothers and I soldered the components onto the > motherboard ourselves. > > And I walked to work bare feet in the snow, 5 miles, up hill both ways 8^). But I had to run 10 miles uphill both ways 'cause that bear was chasing me :-D (first liar hasn't got a chance) ;-)
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