OLD DAYS

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi,
Well, the c-64 also had a RF modulator chip--but as I recall it also had 
a provisions for connecting a terminal--a Commodore terminal of course, 
not an IBM style terminal.  Also, with the screen reader I was using I 
could use many more commercially written software programs than you 
Apple guys.  However, your standard BASIC was far superior to Commodore 
BASIC 2.0 which was built into the ROM.  As C-64 users all know, 
everything was in ROM, you didn't use a boot disk.

i've seen embeded Linux that doesn't need a disk either.  But I can't 
think of a way to pass it kernel boot time parameters even if you had 
Speakup built in.  I do wish somebody would build a little router that 
you could pass Linux commands to the router via an RS-232 or a USB port.
On Thu, 23 May 
2002, Alex Snow wrote:

> Oh I was thinking of the apple II.  That had the rf modulator card.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:20 AM
> Subject: Re: OLD DAYS
> 
> 
> > the rf modulater card was for the omega
> > all you had for a comodore 64 was the cable between the system unit and
> > the tv screen.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Shaun Oliver
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