zuben el genub
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We had these. Cory Pots.
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Do You Remember This?
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cwhatever
Life Goes On
That is different, never seen one of those before.
They're pretty neat to watch. They are also made by Bodum and called something like "Santos Vacuum Pot."
My in-laws have a really nice one (vacuum brewer) from Poland. We use it to brew coffee up north.
cwhatever
Life Goes On
That is something new learned, Thx
First PC.. No HD or RAM. ROM was loaded from a tape drive. TV was the monitor.
And this... 8088 from Tandy.. in the big time!
I started here however. 88 keypunch
And the card sorter.
And this... 8088 from Tandy.. in the big time!
I started here however. 88 keypunch
And the card sorter.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
We had one but it wasn't Atari. Everyone and his uncle wrote books for it. I found books of programs where all you had to do was type in the code. We put almost every educational program on there for daughter.
I remember one program where you could type in musical notation by various keyboard strokes, and that little computer would play it back.
I remember one program where you could type in musical notation by various keyboard strokes, and that little computer would play it back.
oopsibrokeit
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cwhatever
Life Goes On
That is nice, worth some money too.
oopsibrokeit
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oopsibrokeit
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From our school's "Do you remember this?" little museum of antiquities.
The "Flying Fish" Mongolian keyboard mechanical typewriter..
...anyone remember these? ...no?
The "Flying Fish" Mongolian keyboard mechanical typewriter..
...anyone remember these? ...no?
That looks amazingly like the ColecoVision I posted earlier, but I don't think it is...
What is that?
EDIT:
Ah, yes. The Intellivision!
First PC.. No HD or RAM. ROM was loaded from a tape drive. TV was the monitor.
Actually the Atari 800 wasn't really a PC. It was a personal computer or home computer OK, but with a 6502 processor, and did have RAM. BASIC and other software was loaded from cassette or cartridge. One of many home micro-computers that were available at the time, like the Commodore Pet, Vic and C64, Apple ][, RadioShack TRS-80, V-tech Laser, Sord M5, EACA Video Genie(TRS-80 clone), Tangerine Microtan, Sharp MZ-80, Nascom I and II, Compukit, Sinclair ZX, Acorn Atom and BBC. etc.
I tend to think of PC, as in terms of the 8086 IBM compatible machines which ran MS-DOS, i.e. the IBM PC and clones.
Also known as a tabulating machine or tabulator.And this... 8088 from Tandy.. in the big time!
I started here however. 88 keypunch
And the card sorter.
Given that the 6502 machines like the Apple ][+ and the Commodore ran circles around the first IBM PC, I'd say they qualified.
Some of us say that this does, but we're crazy.
Altair 8800
Without it, Microsoft would have never happened.
Some of us say that this does, but we're crazy.
Altair 8800
Without it, Microsoft would have never happened.
Pretty similar here, Olbriar. As a matter of fact, I think I had that same 8088 from Tandy, but before that was
not the Atari.
RadioShack TRS-80 "Color Computer" also known as the Co-Co. 6809 processor, 16 or 32k of RAM. Not compatible with other Z80 based TRS-80s of the time. The Dragon 32 by Dragon Data Ltd, in the UK, was very much a clone of the Co-Co.
My first home computer was the Acorn Atom.
6502 at 1MHz processor, 2k RAM, 8k ROM containing BASIC. Was much cheaper if you assembled it yourself. Software usually loaded from cassette, or an extremely expensive 5.25 inch floppy drive(optional extra), that could hold 41k of data per disk. Because at the time, disk storage was very expensive. Fast hard-drive storage was phenomenally expensive. I remember reading an old RadioShack catalogue, circa 1981, 5MB (MegaBytes) hard drive for the TRS-80 was $4,000. Cost more than a new medium sized family car at the time.
I bought my little brother a Sinclair to get started on.
For what it was, it was ok.
C'mon, I know we have to have some Sinclair users here.
For what it was, it was ok.
C'mon, I know we have to have some Sinclair users here.
Given that the 6502 machines like the Apple ][+ and the Commodore ran circles around the first IBM PC, I'd say they qualified.
Some of us say that this does, but we're crazy.
Altair 8800
Without it, Microsoft would have never happened.
That was the start of something really big of course.
Most of the popular micro-computers of the late 70s, early 80s, had one thing in common, Microsoft BASIC, usually in ROM.
Ok, gonna have to shut you all down.:smokingsomb:
Yes, I can actually use one. I'm sure a few, a very few, of you can too.
Raise your hand if you can do simple multiplication and division with a slide rule!
:hello:
I'd have to actually pull it out to try anything to be honest, but pretty sure I remember.
Yes, I can actually use one. I'm sure a few, a very few, of you can too.
Raise your hand if you can do simple multiplication and division with a slide rule!
:hello:
I'd have to actually pull it out to try anything to be honest, but pretty sure I remember.
I was a Speccy user for years, through most of the 1980s in fact. After I retired the Acorn Atom, the BBC Computer was just too expensive, the kids with rich parents had them.
In fact I've got ZXdroid on my phone and tablet, nothing like playing Manic Miner or Horace Goes Skiing during lunchtimes. Only difference is now, I don't have wait five minutes for the cassette to load(quite often it was more like "R Tape loading error, 0:1" grrrr!).
Horace Goes Skiing.
Ok, gonna have to shut you all down.:smokingsomb:
Yes, I can actually use one. I'm sure a few, a very few, of you can too.
Raise your hand if you can do simple multiplication and division with a slide rule!
:hello:
I'd have to actually pull it out to try anything to be honest, but pretty sure I remember.
Down to my last one of those. Got my first log log model in 67.
And if you think about log law, yes, you can too add on one.
(very limited)
Bob Blaylock
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Ok, gonna have to shut you all down.:smokingsomb:
Yes, I can actually use one. I'm sure a few, a very few, of you can too.
Raise your hand if you can do simple multiplication and division with a slide rule!
:hello:
I'd have to actually pull it out to try anything to be honest, but pretty sure I remember.
My husband owns several he inherited from his father, and does know how to use them. I know what they are, don't have a clue about operating them.