OLD DAYS

[Janina Sajka]

I don't know, Alex. I thought the Apple 2E was a pretty cool
machine. It was my very first computer. I saved and saved until I
could afford $1,000 for an  Apple 2E, and I only got it so cheap
because I didn't need the monitor.

After awhile, I added a meg of RAM and then I had a truly cool
machine. It took 4 floppies to boot the darn thing, but then it
just stayed up for weeks, or until I hard crashed it with some
bad basic code.

Oh, yes, and I also scrimped and saved to get one of those new
fangled 2400 baud modems for it. I recall that Hayes modem set me
back $678, which was more than an SSI check in those days.

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote:

> I came after the paper tape, but I remember way back in elementary school
> learning to type on an apple II with talking typer from aph.  It had an echo
> synth that I didn't understand, and two disk drives (5.25") and took about 5
> minutes to boot.  Then it would crash if I  backspaced to many times in the
> date, and the whole process would have to be repeated.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cecil H. Whitley" <cwhitley at ec.rr.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:07 PM
> Subject: OLD DAYS
> 
> 
> > hI,
> > i REMEMBER bitnET AND RELAY (RAN ON TOP OF RSCS).  i ALSO REMEMBER PAPER
> > TAPE AND PUNCH CARDS.  sAD PART ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE nAVY IS PROBABLY
> > STILL USING PAPER TAPE IN PLACES.
> >
> > cECIL
> >
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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