> e.g. one should know what Heathkit was (not that A+ stuff) , and the
> Sinclair, not to mention a few other things:
Heathkit! The S-100 bus! 8.5" floppies. I remember drooling over
those catalogs. But I always thought that the Timex Sinclair was a toy.
Timex? Makes a computer?
> How many boot disks did computers require before 1982?
Paper tape!
> Bonus points: What figurines appear on PC Magazine Vol 1., Issue 1's
cover?
> (I notice PC Magazine has gone back to the thickness it had for issue 1,
vol
> 1... heh heh I wonder what happened).
I don't know this, but I do have a BYTE magazine from 1984. Don't remember
exactly why I kept it, but now it's a classic! 10MB Winchester hard drives
are $5,000. Ohio Scientific is the next big thing!
Now...what did I have for breakfast?
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