Did it require a Hayes (compatible) MODEM? On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Ed Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Yes/NO > There was a command that at dial time would stop call waiting, its been > years (sorry). > > Ed > > > On Feb 6, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Chris Hoelscher wrote: > > Linda - did you have call waiting? If you forgot to disable it before >> "hooking up" that little click/beep indicator of an incoming call would >> throw me offline (Apple ][+) >> >> Chris Hoelscher >> Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services >> Technology Solution Services >> : humana.com >> 123 East Main Street >> Louisville, KY 40202 >> Humana.com >> (502) 714-8615, (502) 476-2538 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] >>> On Behalf Of Linda >>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 12:53 AM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Ancient History (OS's) - was : IBM Destination z >>> - >>> What the Heck Is JCL and Why Does It Look So Funny? >>> >>> I had an Apple ][ with an acoustic coupler. It auto dialed over a >>> regular telco >>> dial tone line using a program loaded from a cassette player, or if one >>> could >>> afford it, from an early floppy drive. The college I went to had a Univac >>> 90/70d. The were 4 student dialup numbers. I could get into one of those >>> much like the scene from War Games. It was fun. >>> >>> Linda >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Feb 5, 2016, at 11:19 AM, John McKown >>>> >>> <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Lester, Bob <bles...@ofiglobal.com> >>>>> >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> Hi John, >>>>> >>>>> Commodore 64 anyone? :-) >>>>> >>>>> Do you know what OS it ran? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Some variant of Microsoft BASIC, in ROM. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Was the HW an x86? Motorola? Apple? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Motorola 8 bit 6510 CPU. >>>> >>>> Apple ][ was the 6502(?). And don't forget the Atari 800 (and lesser >>>> 400), which was 6502 based. Or, the one that I had: Tandy / Radio >>>> Shack's TRS-80 (affectionately known as the "trash-80") which was >>>> Zilog Z-80 (superset of Intel 8080) based. Oh, and the grandfather of >>>> them all (immortalized in "War Games" - how did they get an acoustic >>>> coupled modem to autodial?????) was the Imsai 8080. Not to mention >>>> many other CP/M-80 machines, such as Comemco and Altair 8800. These >>>> latter two had the "feature" of being able to toggle individual bytes >>>> into memory via switches on the box. Damn, I'm old. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I had a buddy (years ago, of course), that did strange and >>>>> wonderful (at the time) things with several of them connected >>>>> together. No cases, wires everywhere, but pretty cool anyhow for the >>>>> >>>> time. >>> >>>> >>>>> TGIF, else I'd be in trouble. :-) >>>>> >>>>> BobL >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer pulls >>>> him over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you >>>> were going?" >>>> "No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am." >>>> >>>> Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new >>>> wing to a building as being maintenance -- Jim Horning >>>> >>>> Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a >>>> restore is attempted. >>>> >>>> He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. >>>> >>>> Maranatha! <>< >>>> John McKown >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >>>> email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >>> email to >>> lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >> >> The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to >> which it is addressed >> and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this >> material/information in error, >> please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Gregg Reed "No Plan, survives execution" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
