Yes, GEOS was pretty damned amazing. One can only imagine computing power
today if software were so efficient.
I recall saving money as a kid ('80 or '81) to buy the 16K expansion for my
VIC. PaperMate (word processor for the PET) didn't allow for much text in 3K.
It was $116. Good times!
I still remember reading the COMPUTE! article from the CES where they described
the Amiga Loraine with 4,096 colors. If I recall correctly, they added
something like, "no, that was not a misprint" because no one would have
believed such a crazy number of colors. I must have read that article a
hundred times dreaming of such a machine.
-Jeff
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant
GEOS -- pure, assembler awesomeness. Sigh.
ASB
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Steven M. Caesare
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I bought the "Schnedler Systems" 4Mhz turbo accelerator for mine
(http://vintagetech.netii.net/DRIVERS/TURBO-MASTER-CPU.jpg) and the Berkely
Softworks 512K RAM expansion unit to run GEOS.
Was big pimpin' for the 8bit days.
-sc
From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant
I sold my C64 so I could use the cash towards buying my Amiga. I loved that
Amiga.
From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]>
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 4:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant
LOL
I sold my C64 years ago to a guy who had plans to make it into a HAM radio of
some sort.
Regards,
Don Guyer
Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS
From: Jonathan Link
[mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant
Even nostalgia has limits...
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guyer, Donald
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Makes me want to start loading a game, using the cassette player....
Go eat dinner....
Then, go back and still have to wait for it to finish loading..........
:)
Regards,
Don Guyer
Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS
From: Jonathan Link
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:39 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant
Makes me want to go play Bard's Tale I-III or Ultima II-V (never played Ultima).
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Bill Humphries
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Mine too. I have my Vic-20 and C=64 in the attic.
Erik Goldoff wrote:
:(
Vic-20 and C=64 were my first two personal computers
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Kurt Buff
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dead at 83
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225995/Commodore_founder_Jack_Tramiel_dead_at_83
Pet
Vic20
C64
C128
Amiga
Landmarks, each of them, and though he didn't have a hand in all of
them, he pushed the personal computer industry forward in a big way.
Kurt
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