OLD DAYS

[Alex Snow]

Yeah lots of it was in rom, but not enough to boot without a disk with
software on it.  Thats why there wasn't any screen reader for those
machines, just talking programs.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: OLD DAYS


> Hi,
> Well, I believe that a fair portion of the Apple 2e's operating system
> was in ROM.  For sure, all of the Commodore 64's operating system was in
> ROM.  It was actually mapped on top of useful RAM.  You had to do
> something called banked switching if you wanted to use it.  Each bank
> was 8K.  Alex, I have a passionate hatred of the Echo synthesizer voice!
>
>       Jim Wantz WB0TFK
> On
> Tue, 21 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
>
> > Those old apple IIs are certainly lasting pretty long.  We got a couple
at
> > school that actually still boot, even after all those paperclips and gum
> > we've thrown in them when we're board just to see what happens.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 9:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: OLD DAYS
> >
> >
> > > Cecil:
> > >
> > > >From one point of view it may be sad that the U.S. Navy would
> > > still be using paper tape in some places. But, from another
> > > vantage point, it's remarkable and speaks volumes. Can you image
> > > our friends in Redmont building systems that would still chug
> > > along cruncing away happily after 30 or 40 years? Heck, after 30
> > > years of M$ upgrades, you wouldn't be able to read all that
> > > ancient data anymore with the proprietary OS.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Cecil H. Whitley wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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