Cassette-tape player volume control mastery was essential... -sc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:46 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Maglinger, Paul<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I remember buying magazines for the ZX Spectrum that contained games > - if > >> you had the patience to type in every line of code required. And > then > >> finding there was a syntax error somewhere on line 5040.... > > > > They had those in the Commodore magazine. > > There was almost always a typo somewhere, or you couldn't always tell > if > > there was a space (or how many), or if that was a period or a comma. > And > > once you got it right, you could save it to your cassette recorder! > > I remember doing similar on a friend's Apple ][, except we could > never get the damn tape interface to work right, so we had to leave a > big note on the computer saying "DO NOT TOUCH OR TURN OFF!!" and hope > the power didn't go out, and only work on one program at a time. I > remember when they got the upgrade to the floppy drive -- high tech! > > The first PC in my (parents) home was a Tandy 1000 SL. It not only > came standard with floppy and a whopping 512 KB of RAM, it had MS-DOS > in *ROM* -- so you could turn it on and get right to a prompt. > > Plus it had a clock battery. "Only IBM-PC users know that January > 1, 1980 was a Tuesday." > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
