Re: OT: For computer nerds of the 80s

On Apr 17, 1:54=A0pm, "Atheist Chaplain" <abu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 17, 12:50 pm, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Apr 17, 10:43 am, the_dawggie <the_dawg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > On Apr 17, 11:23 am, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > > Hey Hey 16K!
> >> > > <http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/>
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> >> > Heh LOL!, love it!
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> >> > > "It made a generation who can code" - LOL!
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> >> > It did actually. I liked my first 'puter the Sinclair ZX80.
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> >> > 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.
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> >> > 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.
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> >> > 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.
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> >> > The things I got up close and personal with was
> >> > Z80, VAX, Alpha, 6809 to an extent at assembly
> >> > language level.
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> >> <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.
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> >> 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.
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> > I've had some fairly rare ones which I wish I had kept,
> > a DEC PDP 11/60. Still got some core memory from
> > the first PDP 11/10 in Australia - think it is about 4KB
> > or so. You just can't keep everything, especially if it
> > is mainframe sized.
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> > I've still got an Apple ][, 6502 - yeah another thing
> > I did assembly programming on along with the PDPs.
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> > Microbee was something I liked, Z80 processor was
> > something I was really into. Still got that, along with
> > a 'puter I designed and built, however used a serial
> > ****t - didn't quite feel like working out the 6545 graphics
> > controller - however it ran the image of Matthew Starr's
> > BASIC interpreter I burnt into a ROM.
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> I still have my first Microbee :-)
> it started out life with a tape drive and I eventualy bought 720 and 144
> floppy drives for it. oh and it had a whopping 16k of ram :-) I even
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> EPROM writer for it complete with my own UV light cabinet to erase them.
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> still have a box full of old floppies full of games (any one remember
> Colossal Cave) and apps (Word Star anyone) ahhh CP/M.............
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