I know someone who did have a 8-Track data setup. Home built and used 2 or 3 heads from cassette units. That is one of the key points they brought me into computers in the early 80's.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Tom DeReggi <[email protected]>wrote: > Gotta luv the data cassette tape. Portable storage, even fit in shirt > pocket. It could have been worse, it could have been bulky 8-track :-) > > > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* RickG <[email protected]> > *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:43 PM > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] UBNT AUTO Channel > > Tom, it gets better as I go back further in time. I had to use a cassette > tape for storage with my TRS-80 - no floppy ;) > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Tom DeReggi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> WOW, 10MB hard drive, you had the good stuff. My Laptop only had >> Floppy drives. One for the OS, and one for data.. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* RickG <[email protected]> >> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:33 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] UBNT AUTO Channel >> >> LOL! Here we go again with the "dating game" :) >> My first "laptop" was this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Portable >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Portable>It was really cool but weighed >> as much as sewing machine which was the term we gave it. >> -RickG >> >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Forbes Mercy < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My first "LAP"top was a Kaypro 10, thank goodness I didn't have to pay >>> baggage on it since it was as large as my travel bag... monochrome green >>> screen with a huge 10MB hard drive and ran hot enough to fry an egg. >>> >>> >>> On 11/11/2010 8:09 AM, Mark Nash wrote: >>> >>> Haha... You young people don't remember the term WYSIWYG (what you see is >>> what you get)... A term for applications that made it so that documents >>> actually LOOKED on your screen like they were going to print (anyone >>> remember Kaypro & WordStar?). >>> >>> I had a revolutionary idea technological in the early 90's... I called it >>> WYGIWYM... What you get is what you MEAN. I'da been a qua-jillionaire but I >>> didn't execute. Oh well. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Scott Carullo <[email protected]> >>> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 10, 2010 5:35 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] UBNT AUTO Channel >>> >>> I'd pay a little more when they come out with the auto-install feature... >>> >>> Maybe one day - Auto-Everything. Just take it out of the box and plug >>> it in. It figures out what to do where... >>> >>> They can call it AIRverywhere >>> >>> Scott Carullo >>> Technical Operations >>> 855-FLSPEED x102 >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From*: "Robert West" <[email protected]> >>> *Sent*: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:31 PM >>> *To*: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >>> *Subject*: [WISPA] UBNT AUTO Channel >>> >>> FYI………… >>> >>> >>> >>> I’m hesitant to jump into UBNT Beta firmware for large scale deployment, >>> lesson learned the hard way……… But the latest includes channel hopping and >>> Auto channel. I’ve had ongoing issues with random interference and every >>> couple of weeks or so have had to change my frequencies on pretty much all >>> my UBNT radios. But I took the plunge with this new beta and it’s been >>> SOLID for me for a week now. I tried the channel hopping but it was too >>> busy for me. My noise floor was all over the place. SUCKED and way too >>> random for me BUT just doing a simple AUTO channel…………. Smooth as silk! My >>> interference is now GONE. My throughput has increased and my noise floor >>> went from an average -85 to a -95 to -100 average. Running 5GHz on all >>> links…….. I call this one a WIN! >>> >>> >>> >>> As I said, FYI. Nothing but good on this UBNT Beta. It’s about time! >>> J >>> >>> >>> >>> Just sharing. >>> >>> >>> >>> Me- >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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