I worked at a Best, before they liquidated... On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Jacob <ja...@excaliburfilms.com> wrote:
> Actually, I preferred Best Products over Service Merchandise. > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 9:21 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Friday diversion > > > > Man… Kay Bee toys and Service Merchandise (a “Catalog Showroom”!) bring > back memories all in themselves….. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] > *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 11:46 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Friday diversion > > > > My first computer.. the ADAM. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam > > > > Bought it at a Kay Bee toy store. Don’t remember the price, but I worked > all summer with my dad to pay it off! > > > > My first computer I purchased was from Service Merchandise. It was a 286, > with 25 MB hard drive and 16KB of Ram… $850. It did not have a cd rom and I > needed one. I saved and saved for months to purchase a 2x CD-Rom…. For $450. > > > > *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 8:14 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Friday diversion > > > > > Mid-year 1983, a St Louis-based grocery store chain was giving away, with > the purchase of 3 tubes of toothpaste- > > 1. Sinclair/Timex Z-81 > 2. 8 Kb (or was it 16?)memory expansion > 3. Cassettes for a spread sheet, a database, and a backgammon game > > The Sinclair had its OS and BASIC on ROM. It also had BASIC functions on > the keys. That is, instead of typing "Poke", you simply held one key and > pushed the key that said "Poke". My kids and I wpent many happy hours > playing with this... > > "Steven M. Caesare" <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote on 07/16/2010 09:10:40 > AM: > > > Man, I remember a bunch of these… > > > > http://www.informationtechnologyschools.org/blog/2010/30-old-pc-ads- > > that-will-blow-your-processor/ > > > > -sc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
