OLD DAYS

[Alex Snow]

My apple was a stripped-down school machine, already outdated when I got to
use it.  I used to like to play that game in talking typer, I forget what it
was called, all the time.  I used to loose so baddely...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: OLD DAYS


> 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
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