Subj : Re: Changes in echo rules
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun Feb 20 2022 08:19 pm

Sean,

 SD> Sure thing and I don't know why this didn't occur to me earlier.  It
 SD> really is amazing how many "old computers" are being revived by
 SD> hobbyists these days.  Makes me wish I'd held onto all of my issues of
 SD> "Family Computing" now.
  
  My first computers were:

1) A Radio Shack TRS-80 MC-10 Micro Color Computer. A TV set (with a special
adapter) was the monitor, programs were loaded and saved via cassette tape,
an acoustic coupler modem was used for communication with CompuServe or
BBS's, and it had a small box like keyboard...with an optional 16K RAM
Expansion Pack (it originally only had 4K).

2) A Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100. I had a disk drive with it, and special
software to load/save files (it was faster than cassette). A special terminal
program allowed one to access CompuServe for the forums, with another one,
allowing Xmodem file transfers.

3) An 8088 XT, with 640K RAM, a monochrome green monitor, a 20 MB hard drive,
a keyboard, a mouse, plus a 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy drive, with DOS. 3.2 on
it. That was the birthplace of The Thunderbolt BBS nearly 30 years ago.

Daryl

.... Upgrade: Remove old bugs, insert new ones.
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