At 7:42 PM +0000 11/28/01, Richard Pisacreta wrote: >Talking about calculators, some of us had the first PCs. The Atari >(separate computer, 5.5 inch disk drive, and printer- you provided >the tv as a monitor)and the Apple systems cost about $1,000 and had >all of 64K of memory. After you loaded in the word processing >program, you barely could type a few pages before you had to save it >as a file, and "chain" several files to print out a 20 page >document. And were those first printers ever so slow, and you had to >hand feed in each sheet!
Did any of you geezers buy the little Timex computer. It was about 8" X 10" and, like the Atari, had to be connected to a TV. It came with BASIC built in and about 4K of RAM, but you could buy a 16K plug in. You had to store programs on audio cassettes and run them into the computer with a cassette recorder/player; that instead of a disk drive. I think the computer was something like $79 and the 16K RAM module about $30 more. One of my colleagues bought one first, and when I saw that it actually WORKED, I got one too. Oh yeah, and I still have and use an Apple IIe at home for the item analysis program I wrote years ago. And I drive a 1974 TR6, have a 1971 Kenwood stereo system in my office, and listen to a late 60s vintage Teac reel-to-reel at home sometimes. Uh oh, I think I'm becoming my father! Time to shut up. Tim P.S. That Timex computer was a Sinclair/Timex I think. -- **************************************************************** Tim Gaines [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Psychology phone: 864-833-8349 Presbyterian College fax: 864-833-8481 Clinton, SC 29325 **************************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
