The problem today is still sloppy code -- but now it comes pre-packaged
in the OS, straight from Microsoft... :)

Wyatt

Jesus Gonzalez wrote:
> 
> Well, back in '79 a 300-baud modem cost upwards of $500.  Using this on your
> Commodore-64 made writing messages painfully slow.  I would guess sending
> messages on paper through the mail was much faster and efficient than the
> good 'ol C-64.  So the kid wasn't smarter, just, as we say today, on the
> other side of the digital divide.
> 
> BTW, my first 'puter was a Vic-20 before I was able to upgrade to a C-64.  I
> can honestly say that I never EVER had an OS crash on that computer.  If the
> computer crashed or locked, it was because of sloppy code.  Man, the way
> things ought to be :)
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