Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Paul Hill
Dragon 32 here (British Tandy Coco clone). Games were scarce so I started playing around with BASIC. The rest is history... Kids today don't have this kind of experience. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:52 AM, Ken Dibble wrote: > >>Raise your hands if yoj >>didn't start with at Commodore 64. > > *Rai

RE: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Adam Buckland
Respect... +100 -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com on behalf of Dan Covill Sent: Sun 4/10/2011 11:47 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Anyone See This? On 4/10/2011 12:53 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-upda

RE: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Adam Buckland
Hand raised... Nascom 1 and Exidy Sorcerer -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com on behalf of Jeff Johnson Sent: Sun 4/10/2011 8:53 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Anyone See This? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exte

[OT] Nazi War Crimes as Described by German Soldiers

2011-04-10 Thread Pete Theisen
Hi Everybody, http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,755385,00.html "The myth that the Nazi-era German armed forces, the Wehrmacht, was not involved in war crimes persisted for decades after the war. Now two German researchers have destroyed it once and for all. Newly published con

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Ken Dibble
>Raise your hands if you >didn't start with at Commodore 64. *Raises hand* Amstrad PCW8512. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Re: Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread ds...@lycos.com
My first cpu was a Commodore Vic-20. I started programmung using it's tape drive. On Apr 10, 2011, Fred Taylor wrote: Why, you asked "who DIDN'T sFredO j...@san-dc.com> wr> Fred: I said Commodore not Trash 80! Put your ha>> Jeff>> --- >> Jeff Johnson> j...@san-dc.com> (6>>

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Malcolm Greene
> And here's another treasure a local just posted on Craigslist: TRS-80 Model > 100 Portable computer -- the first laptop! (vs. "luggables") > http://nh.craigslist.org/sys/2317201278.html THe TRS-80 Model 100 was a classic!!! Wonderful keyboard. Malcolm _

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Malcolm Greene
> VIC-20, then C=64. 1541, 1581, an SFD-1001 (1 megabyte!) drive, 1650 RAM > expander, GEOS, then 128, CP/M and Amigas... Luxury! I started with a MOS Technologies KIM-1 (6502, hex key pad, 6 digit LED display and 1K RAM) and moved on to the Commodore PET (8K RAM, great chiklet keyboard, built-in

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Vincent Teachout
TI 99/4a, Trs 100, commodore 64 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/arch

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Sytze de Boer
I feel a little like a late comer I wish I still had the single drive Osborne luggable on which I learnt Dbase S On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > And here's another treasure a local just posted on Craigslist: TRS-80 > Model 100 Portable computer -- the first laptop! (vs. "l

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Ted Roche
And here's another treasure a local just posted on Craigslist: TRS-80 Model 100 Portable computer -- the first laptop! (vs. "luggables") http://nh.craigslist.org/sys/2317201278.html -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Jeff Johnson
I'm not a gamer but I believe that Alice in Wonderland for the Commodore 64 was one of the best games ever made. Our family played it for about a year before we solved it! Jeff --- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 04/10/2011 03:47 PM, Dan Covill wr

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Jeff Johnson
You're right. Sorry! Maybe why that's why you're so smart! ;^) Jeff --- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 04/10/2011 01:34 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: > Why, you asked "who DIDN'T start with a Commodore 64". I didn't. ;) > > Fred > > > On Sun, Apr 10,

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Dan Covill
On 4/10/2011 12:53 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/ > > If it's true, I'm in. I'll put Ubuntu on it. Raise your hands if you > didn't start with at Commodore 64. > S-100 bus custom, Z-80 and 8" floppies. Built

RE: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread John Weller
ZX81 then BBC Micro - the best of them all! John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > -Original Message- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf > Of Allen > Sent: 10 April 2011 22:50 > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: RE: [NF] Anyone See Th

RE: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Allen
Come to think of it, ZX81 Al -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: 10 April 2011 23:49 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: [NF] Anyone See This? Atari me Al ___

RE: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Allen
Atari me Al -Original Message- http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-i ts-old-exterior/ If it's true, I'm in. I'll put Ubuntu on it. Raise your hands if you didn't start with at Commodore 64. -- Jeff ___

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Dan Olsson
At 2011-04-10 22:53, I wrote: >Bah - ZX81 with 1kb RAM, then Spectrum with a whopping 32 kb where >the first 22 was occupied by the OS and then Anigas... And of course I mean the Amigas - with multitasking capabilities which never been beaten not even today - and you could have a ramdisk that s

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Dan Olsson
At 2011-04-10 22:53, you wrote: >On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/ > > > > If it's true, I'm in. I'll put Ubuntu on it. Raise your hands > if you didn't start with at Commodore

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/ > > If it's true, I'm in.  I'll put Ubuntu on it.  Raise your hands if you > didn't start with at Commodore 64. > VIC-20, then C=64. 1541, 1581, an S

RE: VFP a .NET language

2011-04-10 Thread Tom Slayton
No, the way I look at it is the product is open sourced, is going to work fine for the foreseeable future and meets the needs of the SMB orgs. A lot of people chase the "cool" latest & greatest technology there's nothing wrong w/VFP. I've never had to get support or anything from MS so who cares

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Fred Taylor
Why, you asked "who DIDN'T start with a Commodore 64". I didn't. ;) Fred On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Fred: I said Commodore not Trash 80! Put your hand down. ;^) > > Jeff > > --- > > Jeff Johnson > j...@san-dc.com > (623) 582-0323 > > www.san-dc.c

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Jeff Johnson
Fred: I said Commodore not Trash 80! Put your hand down. ;^) Jeff --- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 04/10/2011 01:19 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: > (hand raised) TRS-80 for me. > > Fred > > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: >

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Fred Taylor
(hand raised) TRS-80 for me. Fred On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/ > > If it's true, I'm in. I'll put Ubuntu on it. Raise your hands if you > didn't start with at Commodore 6

[NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-10 Thread Jeff Johnson
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/ If it's true, I'm in. I'll put Ubuntu on it. Raise your hands if you didn't start with at Commodore 64. -- Jeff --- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com

Re: VFP a .NET language

2011-04-10 Thread Stephen Russell
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Tom Slayton wrote: > True, I still do new apps on VFP. I tell people that MS open sourced the > product. People are open to open source these days b/c of the cost savings > Fox has always had that advantage. It's especially cool when you package it > with MySQL. ---

Re: I bet I'm the only person on the planet ..

2011-04-10 Thread Alan Bourke
Drat you Madigan! Drat you to heck! On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:43 -0700, "Michael Madigan" wrote: > I did too! We added two new projects to a customer's system. LOL > > --- On Fri, 4/8/11, Alan Bourke wrote: > > > From: Alan Bourke > > Subject: I bet I'm the only person on the planet .. > > To

RE: I bet I'm the only person on the planet ..

2011-04-10 Thread Charlie Coleman
At 09:35 AM 4/8/2011, david Smith wrote: >" I have yet to run into anything I can't do with VFP and third party tools" >... I can: Get meaningful support. Outside of this illustrious group and a Interesting. I have never... and I mean never... received useful support from MS. Even when it was pai