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Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:05pm » |
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check this out: 
ooooh, and the RAM!
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #1 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:07pm » |
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:08pm » |
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Oh! Oh!! I've gotta have one!!   By the way, Rock: Your latest pic is crackin' me up. "POTATOES!"
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:13pm » |
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my first puter had 5 kilobytes of memory, and not just RAM, that included ROM, there was only 3.5 kilobytes of actual RAM. Of course it was only 300 bucks, but that was alot of money for a 13 year old.
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:32pm » |
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Oh! Oh!! I've gotta have one!! By the way, Rock: Your latest pic is crackin' me up. "POTATOES!" |
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OMG....I even get this!!!!!!
and BTW, Rock. Since Frank brought this up, I don't "get" your potatoes and the pic to go with it.
Care to enlighten us morons?....o.k. just me I guess. lol
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #5 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 5:01pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:05pm, notseinfeld wrote:check this out:
ooooh, and the RAM! |
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It's like retro pinup porn for Super Nerds.
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #6 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 5:02pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:32pm, Linda_Howell wrote:
OMG....I even get this!!!!!!
and BTW, Rock. Since Frank brought this up, I don't "get" your potatoes and the pic to go with it.
Care to enlighten us morons?....o.k. just me I guess. lol
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Heh heh heh! Nothing to get, Love. Just Samwise saying 'potatoes'.
Samwise is kewl. Potatoes are kewl. Thus Samwise + Potatoes == UberKewl.
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 6:33pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 5:01pm, Big Dan wrote:| It's like retro pinup porn for Super Nerds. |
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Bwaaaahhhhh 
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #8 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 6:47pm » |
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Youser.
Better check it out first. You can get everything cheaper on ebay.
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #9 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 7:09pm » |
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Sam, from "Lord Of The Rings," Linda. 
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #10 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 11:02pm » |
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Dude,
Sweeeeeeeeeet.
Dude,
Sweeeeeeeeeet.
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #11 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 11:40pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:13pm, john_d wrote:my first puter had 5 kilobytes of memory, and not just RAM, that included ROM, there was only 3.5 kilobytes of actual RAM. Of course it was only 300 bucks, but that was alot of money for a 13 year old.
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My first "computer" was a Commodore Vic 20 back in 1985, I think. Basically a graphics keyboard that you plugged into the back of your tv. 40 vertical lines resolution - 20k of memory - NO PERMANENT STORAGE DEVICE! You either went out and bought books of programs or wrote your own. I wrote a few dice and card games, mostly easy stuff based on limited random number generators. Commodore Basic v.1. You'd spend all damned day typing the program in and half the night debugging just to play a cheezy space invaders type game. Then when you turned the thing off - poof! - program gone. The next time you wanted to play, you entered it back in and debugged again. I finally got a 3 1/2" disk drive for $250 so I could save my programs.
Gator
So, how many of you remember notching your 5 1/4" floppies and punching holes in 3 1/2" disks to make them store more data?
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #12 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 11:46pm » |
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Quote:| Sam, from "Lord Of The Rings," Linda. |
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Now I get it. 
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #13 on: Aug 3rd, 2004, 5:00am » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2004, 11:40pm, Gator wrote:
So, how many of you remember notching your 5 1/4" floppies |
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Uh, Gator, I usually use a bedpost for notching,
to each their own.
BTW...notching your floppie...wouldn't that hurt?
* Just givin' ya some grief.
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #14 on: Aug 3rd, 2004, 6:48am » |
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Hell, my Atari 1400XL with cassette tape drive blows that POS away; and I still have it too! Along with my super hi tech MacIntosh SE30.
WoooHoooo. The Good ole glory days!
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Re: Holy Incredible Computer (picture)
« Reply #15 on: Aug 3rd, 2004, 9:23am » |
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My first system was the Tandy TRS 80 with the very litle chiklet keys. 16K of memory with an added memory module to bring it up to a whopping 32K of memory.
I can relate with Gator here about staying up all night typing in Basic code and debugging it to play some game and then having it all goaway when when you turn it off.
I eventually started saving my data on a cassette tape player, then much later paid an unbelievable amount for a disk drive.
Gator... Do you remember Compute Magazine? That's where I got most of my code from and then started making changes to other peoples stuff and eventually learned how to program from trial and error.
I also DO remember notching my disks.
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