Lowbird
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Welcome back Enbloc! The power of NES persuasion is powerful!
I learned B.A.S.I.C on a Trash-80 using a Realistic tape drive for storage. When the Commie-64 came out we all sat around mocking it, saying "64k RAM? Who needs 64k of RAM? Don't people know how to write clean code?" Yup, dirt and I went to high school together, I was a year behind.I literally have that computer stowed in the basement. It's next to the trs-80 and the commodore 64. Not kidding.
He would not be the first person to get fed up enough to take a computer out in the woods and dump a mag or 3 into it.
Well the VIC-20 had 8k ram and a Tape Drive, my first computer, my friend’s father was a math professor who had built a Heathkit computer, that was the first one I had ever used, no screen just a keyboard and green-bar printer ... I was an early adopter, by the time my High School had a course in Basic on CPM machines my freshmen year of HS, I had already taken IBM 360/370 Machine coding and Moto 6502 at the local Community College over the past few summers for fun... very nerdy and it cut into my D&D time.I learned B.A.S.I.C on a Trash-80 using a Realistic tape drive for storage. When the Commie-64 came out we all sat around mocking it, saying "64k RAM? Who needs 64k of RAM? Don't people know how to write clean code?" Yup, dirt and I went to high school together, I was a year behind.
No Vic-20, or TI-99? Heath Kit?
^ this. I am consistently mocked by my children becuase I held onto an iPhone 6 for 4+ years. I simply refuse to part with 800-1000 bucks for a new one. When the GPS finally died on the phone, I 'upgraded' to a refurb iPhone 7. $199 bucks, and good enough for the tool that it is. Mail, phone, GPS, occasional NES
I learned B.A.S.I.C on a Trash-80 using a Realistic tape drive for storage. When the Commie-64 came out we all sat around mocking it, saying "64k RAM? Who needs 64k of RAM? Don't people know how to write clean code?" Yup, dirt and I went to high school together, I was a year behind.
... dirt and I went to high school together, I was a year behind.
Lol, yup. Tough to be older than the stuff we live on top of...So in other words, you're younger than dirt?
It's my niece's PC for cryin' out loud...
Can't remember the machine, but in 8th grade I was advanced in math so somebody decided I should play with computers. That meant the elementary school "computer room" linked to the server at the HS. I remember the teletype style paper punch tape reader style, no idea about the capacities of the machine itself. 1977 was a LONG time ago.DEC PDP-8 with 4k of core at my HS. With the BASIC interpreter loaded there was about 720 bytes left for code. I learned to minimize line numbers. The interface was a teletype with a paper tape reader/punch.
I want my... I want my Web TV
It's hotlinked from DuckDuckGo, so I'll at least give him credit about learning how to fly beneath the radar.
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In fact, being on that service was the reason for the first mouse purchased for anyone at that company. Serial mouse. $110. No joke. $110 for a frickin wired mouse. LOL
Not only that but you had to clean your balls every month or so or they'd get all gunked up.
Sounds like me lol. I'm still using an iPhone 6 that I got in 2014 or 2015? I had apple replace the battery once and I could use another new battery at the moment. Still runs great. I just refuse to pay $800+ for a phone.^ this. I am consistently mocked by my children becuase I held onto an iPhone 6 for 4+ years. I simply refuse to part with 800-1000 bucks for a new one. When the GPS finally died on the phone, I 'upgraded' to a refurb iPhone 7. $199 bucks, and good enough for the tool that it is. Mail, phone, GPS, occasional NES