And, it booted to ROM Basic if there was no OS :-) Howie
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: Re: CF Timeline > HA! I can beat that for wierdness - my orignal 1982- > vintage IBM PC had a cassette port and floppy drives > were optional. > > Cassette from IBM? > Note this machine was originally marketed to compete > with the Apple II - IBM didn't *dream* how it would > succeed ... > > Hard disk wasn't even available until the XT. To later > put a hard drive into a PC required replacing the BIOS > chip. > > -Ben > > lol .. I remember that. My best friend had a TRaSh-80 that used a cassette > > tape for storage. > > > > Stop it .. you are making me feel old now too .. and I'm too young to feel > > old :( > > > > Todd > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lon Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:35 PM > > Subject: RE: CF Timeline > > > > > > > ;') > > > > > > My first hands-on computer experience was programming on the Commodore > > > Pet when I was in the second grade. > > > > > > I felt really old the other day at the local game store when a high > > school > > > freshman mentioned disbelieving his computer teacher when he was told > > that > > > people used to use cassette tapes to store programs on. I guess I should > > > be thankful that the kid knew what a cassette tape was. > > > > > > > > > > > > ....oh...I can feel the liver spots bursting on my hands....... > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
