The first month I had my C-64, I didn't have a disk drive or tape drive. I had to type my programs in by hand from the back pages of COMPUTE (I think that was the name of the mag).
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Phillip Partipilo <[email protected]> wrote: > CoCo2 and audio cassettes FTW! > > Regards, > > Phillip Partipilo > [email protected] > > > On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:01 AM, "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > All you kids with your fancy disk drives. > > > > Tape was where it was at! > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, December 07, 2009 8:57 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds > > > > My first computer was a Commodore Colt PC10. It had **gasp** MCGA Graphics > or Hercules graphics, configurable by, as I recall, a DIP switch. It had > dual 5.25 floppies. I bought it at Service Merchandise for like $300 or so. > My **second** computer was a true blue IBM PC. Don’t recall the model, but > it had a whopping 20 meg hard drive and a 3.5” floppy (I **think** it was > a 1.44 floppy drive, even! <G>) It had a built-in VGA monitor and ran > Windows 386. (NO, I did NOT mis-type… it had Windows 386, the version > immediately prior to Windows 3/WFW 3.11.) I had that for years until I built > my first PC, a **gasp** 386. J > > > > <image001.jpg><image002.jpg> > > > > *From:* Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 11:45 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT RE: HP drive sleds > > > > On 4 Dec 2009 at 15:42, Sean Rector wrote: > > > > > My 1st HD was a 20MB Apple for my ][GS – back in 1987. > > > > My first HDD was a $399 20mb Full Height 5-1/4" Seagate for my Zenith Z-152 > desktop, probably at the end of '87 or '88. I paid $3k for that machine with > 320k of RAM, dual 5-1/4" floppies (no HDD), a green monochrome monitor, and > an Okidate ML-92 9-pin printer (which I still have). I souped it up from > 4.77 MHz to 7 MHz with a V-20 chip and added RAM to 1 megabyte. Also souped > up my modem from a 1200-baud external to a 2400-baud external, after which I > could no longer read the Compuserve forums as they downloaded -- had to get > OzCIS to download the forums and read them off-line. > > > > I ran a Wildcat BBS on that machine for many years .... finally gave it > away to my kid's preschool with a bunch of learning games after upgrading it > to CGA ;-) > > > > > > > > -- > > Angus Scott-Fleming > > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > > 1-520-895-3270 > > ~! > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 270.14.97/2550 - Release Date: 12/07/09 > 07:33:00 > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam<http://www.onlymyemail.com/ReportSpam><http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6MTAxNTY5MTY1OTpwanBAcHNuZXQuY29t> > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY > THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR > DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE > IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL > ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
