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Re: [SLE] Floppy drive vs. SUSE 10.0
- From: Allen <gorebofh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:52:54 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20051103145729.GA5743@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 05:27:01AM -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 November 2005 07:25 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >>
> > >> Got to use those on a display writer. As for the cp/m, I still have my
> > >> TRS-80, Model I.
>
> > I built the Big Board in about 1982. I scrounged up used 8" drives for
> > $250 each. (240K per disk!) I found a keyboard that originally had only
> > upper-case output, and built a hardware converter out of TTL logic (not
> > my strong suit--I'm an RF guy) and wrote an article for Micro Cornucopia
> > on how to get better video definition. For the CPM driver for my daisy-
> > wheel printer, I had to find someone who knew how to code in whatever
> > language the thing understood. However, I learned and used Pascal on
> > the machine. (Took a night course in it.) It also ran Basic and Word-
> > Star, and I had the game with the twisty underground tunnels, etc. I
> > thought this was wonderful! I even brought the machine to work and used
> > it there for a while to do real work, with (mostly) programs that I
> > wrote myself. Those were the days. . . .
> >
>
> Wow, that predates me. :) The first system I got my hands on was a TRS-80
> Model I when I was in fifth grade. Started doing BASIC on it. In my high
> school, we had a few of the IBM word processors, which I thought were very
> cool. I did play around a bit with Kaypro machines, which used CP/M like the
> TRS-80.
>
> I very quickly moved on to my cool new Apple IIe, with a roarin' 128MB RAM.
> That's where I picked up some Pascal, which only served to help me write
> games.
You got an Apple II to use 128 MBs of RAM??????
> > --
> > No virus found in this outgoing message.
> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/156 - Release Date: 11/2/2005
>
> Virus? What's that?
>
> Oh, you must be using that OTHER operating system. :) (I have AGV on my
> Win2K system.)
>
>
> Which reminds me. I need to figure out how to setup the spam guard on KMail...
>
> --
> kai
> www.perfectreign.com
>
> linux - genuine windows replacement part
>
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>
> On Wednesday 02 November 2005 07:25 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >>
> > >> Got to use those on a display writer. As for the cp/m, I still have my
> > >> TRS-80, Model I.
>
> > I built the Big Board in about 1982. I scrounged up used 8" drives for
> > $250 each. (240K per disk!) I found a keyboard that originally had only
> > upper-case output, and built a hardware converter out of TTL logic (not
> > my strong suit--I'm an RF guy) and wrote an article for Micro Cornucopia
> > on how to get better video definition. For the CPM driver for my daisy-
> > wheel printer, I had to find someone who knew how to code in whatever
> > language the thing understood. However, I learned and used Pascal on
> > the machine. (Took a night course in it.) It also ran Basic and Word-
> > Star, and I had the game with the twisty underground tunnels, etc. I
> > thought this was wonderful! I even brought the machine to work and used
> > it there for a while to do real work, with (mostly) programs that I
> > wrote myself. Those were the days. . . .
> >
>
> Wow, that predates me. :) The first system I got my hands on was a TRS-80
> Model I when I was in fifth grade. Started doing BASIC on it. In my high
> school, we had a few of the IBM word processors, which I thought were very
> cool. I did play around a bit with Kaypro machines, which used CP/M like the
> TRS-80.
>
> I very quickly moved on to my cool new Apple IIe, with a roarin' 128MB RAM.
> That's where I picked up some Pascal, which only served to help me write
> games.
You got an Apple II to use 128 MBs of RAM??????
> > --
> > No virus found in this outgoing message.
> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/156 - Release Date: 11/2/2005
>
> Virus? What's that?
>
> Oh, you must be using that OTHER operating system. :) (I have AGV on my
> Win2K system.)
>
>
> Which reminds me. I need to figure out how to setup the spam guard on KMail...
>
> --
> kai
> www.perfectreign.com
>
> linux - genuine windows replacement part
>
> --
> Check the headers for your unsubscription address
> For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@xxxxxxxx
> Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com
> Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@xxxxxxxx
>
>
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