Re: OT: For computer nerds of the 80s

On Apr 17, 10:43=A0am, the_dawggie <the_dawg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 17, 11:23 am, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Hey Hey 16K!
> > <http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/>
>
> Heh LOL!, love it!
>
> > "It made a generation who can code" - LOL!
>
> It did actually. I liked my first 'puter the Sinclair ZX80.
>
> I've still got sitting on my desk next to me my trusty
> Radio Shock TRS-80 pocket 'puter. It has 1.5KB of
> RAM too. It is actually quite impressive for early 80s
> tech. Relatively good implementation of BASIC too.
>
> Slow as syrup, but still quite usefull. IIRC used it
> to write a proggie to calculate repayments on the
> 'lux back when I was buying it. Batteries last just
> about forever.
>
> I think I need to use it to count the different CPU
> architectures/computers I've owned or worked with
> over the years - it's a lot.
>
> The things I got up close and personal with was
> Z80, VAX, Alpha, 6809 to an extent at assembly
> language level.

<sigh> I *wish* I kept all my old computers. Started with a Tandy
TRS-80 4KB, then the same again but with 16KB. I remember programming
the game Frogger into it when I was 10. That about maxed out it's
potential.

If I could choose just one of my old computers to have back, it would
be my highly modded 486. Ran even the oldest of PC games and still
fast enough to run some more modern(ish) ones.