On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: > On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: > > On Friday 01 April 2005 12:40 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: > > | I'm going back to my TRS80 model 4. > > | > > | Dan > > > > OMG! I had one of those. I think it cost- like - > > $1650, which is probably about $10,000 in today's dollars. > > I still have mine, still works, dabbled a little in basic with it. I put in > the extra memory and two 720k drives. Paid $50 for it used. > > > And the first 386/25. I still have that laying around somewhere, or at > > least pieces of it--4 MEGS of RAM-whoo hoo--that was one hell of a > > machine. I actually ran Linux on it, for a while, kernel 1.x something, > > maybe 1.2, I can't remember exactly. Yup, them were the good ole days.
I've got you all beat. I started on a Cosmac Elf with 256 bytes of static ram, a hex keypad and 2-digit 7-segment display! An RCA-1802, the best 8 bit cpu ever built. Composite tv output (40x25), and audio tape storage were also available. My brothers and I soldered the components onto the motherboard ourselves. And I walked to work bare feet in the snow, 5 miles, up hill both ways 8^). -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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