Hi Richard, On Saturday 11 March 2006 08:32, Richard King wrote: > Hi Andy, > > Yes, I can relate to that! I made a simple electric piano interface > for my "PC", with 6 parallel ports for the keyboard contacts & an > 8253 timer/counter for sythesising 3 notes (from the last 3 keys > pushed). It sounded OK when played fast! > > 80-column cards in an Apple? Are you sure? AFAIK, 80-column cards are > punched cards, like those used in certain states to record votes > during certain elections ;-). We don't want to confuse the younger > members of the list by mixing technologies! > > Regards, > > Richard.be
I think he meant the 80 column video adaptor card. My Lisa had one of those ! ( Computer not girl friend ) Wife would have my guts......... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy Medina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 8:39 AM > Subject: Re: OT Recovery console humor > > > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Al Christie wrote: > >> Two 5 1/2's in the basement on an Apple 2+ clone - still works. > > > > Do you have an 80 column card in it? I still have a working Apple > > IIe with the "extended" 80-column card that also held a > > <snip> > > > from various lab instruments. Also had to make my own A/D > > converters. I bet Richard.be can relate to that. :) > > > > Those were the fun days. <vbg> -- Best Regards: Derrick. Pontefract Linux Users Group. plug at play-net.co.uk -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
