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From: Las Vegas Don on 10 Jul 2010 09:14 On Jul 10, 1:19 am, "blackstu...(a)novacancy.com" <blackstu...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 9, 2:43 am, Walt <n...(a)none.void> wrote: > > > In article > > <02a2c8f5-154b-4b06-b3a5-464efad67...(a)x2g2000prk.googlegroups.com>, > > > "Ace*" <avlvsvery...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Walt, ever heard expressions like "take a look in the mirror"? Or > > > "Glass hoses"? > > > You're a square, but pretty danged goofy and weird yourself to boot. > > > > A* > > > And believe me, it's not easy keeping all those plates spinning. > > Just don't break that glass hose in the process. You can beat them with the hose, but don't break the hose. ;0 i know, we all make very human speling erors. Do
From: Las Vegas Don on 10 Jul 2010 09:21 On Jul 10, 4:02 am, "Donna" <do...(a)TAKETHISOUTmsn.com> wrote: > Walt wrote: > >> > Big effin deal. I was communicating on CompuServe and The Source back > >> > in > >> > 1980 with a 0.3k modem, > > Sorry, dear......(I know we've visited this before but) I was on both in > 1979.....TCC721 on The Source, and 76367,12 on CServe. > > > Right, and now every Johnny-come-lately who signed up with Prodigy or AOL > > think's he's a pioneer! > > <sigh> Prodigy was developed using the god-awful, painfully slow NAPLPS > graphical protocol and AOL had their seemingly endless busy signals. The > only good thing to come out of the AOL experience was the rather punkish, > very humorous Todd Rundgren tune it inspired: > > 'I Hate My Frickin ISP' > > The reason that I signed up > Is the reason that I hate it > I know she's made her mind up > I just don't know how she's made it > > And my dial-up screen has locked me > Into a touch tone tune monotony > Because some snot-nosed pube has blocked me out > And I wait > And I wait > > And I hate my frickin ISP > Finally, Something that actually stated my feelings. I'll shovel coal down on Cumcast and Cocks Cable in the next life. I've actually had to goto dial up just to send out work. I could use smoke signals and at least get to enjoy startin fires. What a great post!! Don
From: Las Vegas Don on 10 Jul 2010 09:27 On Jul 10, 4:23 am, Paul_E_Wog <nos...(a)invalid.email> wrote: > On 7/9/2010 10:07 PM, Walt wrote: > > > I only read about those in magazines at the time. Before I ever bought a > > computer I subscribed to Creative Computing for a year or two. After > > educating myself about TRS-80s, Ohio Scientifics, et al., in early 1980 I > > decided to splurge on an Apple II because it had color and a bunch of slots > > for add-on cards. Cost me around $2,300 with the full 48K memory and a 300bps > > modem. And of course I later spent mucho more bucks on printers and stuff. I > > don't even want to know how much that is in current dollars! But it sure was > > fun back then. Apple turned out to be a great choice and I've been buying > > them ever since. > > I still have mine. I paid about the same for it, but I only had the > external floppy, (long gone), and no modem. > > If you'd like to relive those glory days I'd be willing to let it go > for, say, $1500. It has had very little use in the last 25 years. I still have my old TRS-80 ? in a box in the attic in LV. I don' even remember the inflated price I payed for it...3900.00. It had a dot matrix printer and I was so impressed. Now, ...it can stay in the attic. :) Don
From: George Leppla on 10 Jul 2010 10:03 On 7/10/2010 8:27 AM, Las Vegas Don wrote: > On Jul 10, 4:23 am, Paul_E_Wog<nos...(a)invalid.email> wrote: >> On 7/9/2010 10:07 PM, Walt wrote: >> >>> I only read about those in magazines at the time. Before I ever bought a >>> computer I subscribed to Creative Computing for a year or two. After >>> educating myself about TRS-80s, Ohio Scientifics, et al., in early 1980 I >>> decided to splurge on an Apple II because it had color and a bunch of slots >>> for add-on cards. Cost me around $2,300 with the full 48K memory and a 300bps >>> modem. And of course I later spent mucho more bucks on printers and stuff. I >>> don't even want to know how much that is in current dollars! But it sure was >>> fun back then. Apple turned out to be a great choice and I've been buying >>> them ever since. >> >> I still have mine. I paid about the same for it, but I only had the >> external floppy, (long gone), and no modem. >> >> If you'd like to relive those glory days I'd be willing to let it go >> for, say, $1500. It has had very little use in the last 25 years. > > I still have my old TRS-80 ? in a box in the attic in LV. I don' even > remember the inflated price I payed for it...3900.00. It had a dot > matrix printer and I was so impressed. Now, ...it can stay in the > attic. :) > > Don That's nothing. I still have my old Grok 23. It was the very first personal computer ever made. The keyboard frame was made of wood and the keys were ivory and the whole thing ran on kerosene. Communication with other computers was very limited... using Morse Code and a stock ticker printer. It cost $28,744.22 and I had to build a room onto my house to store the mainframe. I was also on the very first fore-runner of the Internet and Google..... it was called Goofball and most of the time we met in the local library and had contests to see who could look stuff up hte fastest in the refference section then run home and brag to our online friends about how our speed was faster then their speed and how our retention rates were better than theirs, etc. And I remember the fatal day when the whole thing almost came crashing down. Billy V came to our usual meeting and infected everyone with some illness. That's right, it was the first computer virus and it shut down the whole network for weeks. Ahh yes, those thrilling days when I was at he cutting edge of technology. George L
From: tom ronson on 10 Jul 2010 11:11
Walt wrote: > Yeah, you had to plan your session beforehand and then hit-and-run. tapcis --- that's the program I used to get my bill down to a dull roar. took a while to remember that one. lol haven't a clue on my CIS id tho. -- "How can one little Street swallow so many lives?" -- The Offspring, The Kids Aren't Alright --tr |