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2016-11-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I think I gave mine to the goodwill during our last move (Commadore with tape drive) along with the Sinclair PC. I still have the luggable BIM PC with the 5" green screen CRT built in that came with two 5¼" floppy drives. I traded a Mamiya C330 120 camera system for a Seagate 20MB hard drive for

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2016-11-20 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I still have an early Apple II with the Rev a motherboard. It is unique in that its memory can't be expanded. They were recalled and replaced by Apple, but by the time I figured out mine was a Rev a, the program was over. Apfeldos Does a commodore with a tape drive count? OK Don via

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2016-11-20 Thread clay via Mercedes
I have the disk as well. clay > On Nov 20, 2016, at 11:48 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I still have a copy of “Bob”. How many people remember that turd? > > Dan > > >> On Nov 20, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes >>

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2016-11-20 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes, I ran DRDOS, IBM DOS 1.2, as well as the MS DOS. I liked PC/Geos then Geoworks Ensemble on my Panasonic floppy only laptop. On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Perhaps DRDOS (instead of DoubleDOS?) - Digital Research DOS? > mao > >

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2016-11-20 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Roger wrote: > ...Remember DoubleDOS (correct name?) and all the other beginning > "multi-tasking" programs? Perhaps DRDOS (instead of DoubleDOS?) - Digital Research DOS? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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2016-11-20 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Ugh, turd-tastic. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Events I still have a copy of “Bob”.  How ma

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2016-11-20 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I still have a copy of “Bob”. How many people remember that turd? Dan > On Nov 20, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Bell 202 (1200 baud one-way, vs the 212 full-duplex) is still the fastest > modem transfer that does not need any training time.

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2016-11-20 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Bell 202 (1200 baud one-way, vs the 212 full-duplex) is still the fastest modem transfer that does not need any training time. The best you can do, time-wise, for tiny little transactions like a credit card swipe. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

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2016-11-20 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
com> Sent: 20 November 2016 13:51 To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Floyd Thursby Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Events Make sure your 56kbps modem is operating at peak efficiency --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz

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2016-11-20 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Events Make sure your 56kbps modem is operating at peak efficiency --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mail

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2016-11-20 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
You didn't have to buy Windows. There were other flavors, some better and more usable. But MS gutted the price at I think $99 and took the market. I first used one of the early MS versions in order to use the Paint program. There were so many neat programs available in the mid 80s. MS later

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2016-11-20 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
ovember 2016 12:49 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Floyd Thursby Subject: [MBZ] OT Events In 1985 on this day Windows 1.0 was released to the world. I think I still have the disk pack somewhere, waiting for it to make a comeback. And Rachel from Blade Runner is 57 today. Do replicants age? --FT Winston

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2016-11-20 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
In 1985 on this day Windows 1.0 was foisted on the world. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes November 20, 2016 at 11:49 AM In 1985 on this day Windows 1.0 was released to the world. I think I still have the disk pack somewhere, waiting for it to make a comeback. And

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2016-11-20 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
oir. > Lynn MA. > Diesel preferred. > > > > From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Floyd Thursby > via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: 20 November 2016 12:49 > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc

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2016-11-20 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
r 2016 12:49 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Floyd Thursby Subject: [MBZ] OT Events In 1985 on this day Windows 1.0 was released to the world. I think I still have the disk pack somewhere, waiting for it to make a comeback. And Rachel from Blade Runner is 57 today. Do replicants age? --FT Winston Churc

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2016-11-20 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
In 1985 on this day Windows 1.0 was released to the world. I think I still have the disk pack somewhere, waiting for it to make a comeback. And Rachel from Blade Runner is 57 today. Do replicants age? --FT Winston Churchill: “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or