LOL, the VIC-20 was my "upgrade" from the TRS-80. Never got the floppy. Just went straight to the IBM PCjr for the color & sound. -RickG
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Tom DeReggi<[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote my first BBS software to work/go live on a Commodore Vic-20, and > 150kb floppy. > > Its amazing how much data those things could handle with an efficient file > system and text data. > > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:21 PM > Subject: [WISPA] BBS'n > > >> Oh, god no! I bought so much TRS-80 crap that in 1998, the manager of my >> local Radio Shack called me up and asked me to come over. They were under >> orders to clean out the stock room of old stuff and he had a pile of new >> in >> the box TRS-80's and all sorts of odd ball accessories. Mine for free he >> said, he was told to destroy and dispose of it. Wasn't much use to me >> then, >> heck, it was 1998 for Pete's sake. But I took it and slowly used the bits >> for something or gave things away. Wish I had it all now. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of RickG >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 9:15 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> Dont make me get my TRS-80 out! -RickG >> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Travis Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: >>> I ran GBBS on my Apple ][+ (that I still have)... and also Proving >>> Grounds >>> (D&D based) on that system as well. >>> >>> Travis >>> Microserv >>> >>> Blair Davis wrote: >>> >>> I ran my BBS on an Atari 800 >>> >>> Robert West wrote: >>> >>> Sheeeeeesh! I ran Fidonet for a time then moved up to PCBoard with 4 >> nodes. >>> Man, that was livin'. >>> >>> I think I still have my install disks someplace and my huge box of 200 >> 2.5" >>> floppy backup set. Ran it on an IBM XT 286. Speed, brother! All about >> the >>> speed! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Blake Bowers >>> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 3:13 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >>> >>> Funny, I remember running a BBS on a Timex Sinclair computer. >>> >>> And then along came FIDONET. 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