RE: Friday Diversion...

[David Mazzaccaro]

#59 reminds me of Willie T's - a bar in Key West.
Thanks, now I'm thirsty!


-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 4:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: FW: Friday Diversion...

Oops... #49 and #59 NSFW...  Sorry...

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Friday Diversion...


Something to do with your tip money while waiting for your food...

http://www.uproxx.com/feature/2011/04/101-unusual-impressive-and-illegal
-pieces-of-defaced-currency/#page/1

-Paul

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RE: Friday Diversion...

[David Mazzaccaro]

Well NOW I'm going to click itLOL


-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 4:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: FW: Friday Diversion...

Oops... #49 and #59 NSFW...  Sorry...

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Friday Diversion...


Something to do with your tip money while waiting for your food...

http://www.uproxx.com/feature/2011/04/101-unusual-impressive-and-illegal
-pieces-of-defaced-currency/#page/1

-Paul

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RE: Friday diversion

[Maglinger, Paul]

I had one of those!

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:14 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"  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 
>   
>   

 

 

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RE: Friday diversion

[Crawford, Scott]

It's essentially the major step in "jail-breaking" it.

-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 4:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

And just what, pray tell, did this secret code give you?

>>> "Crawford, Scott"  7/16/2010 1:17 PM >>>
Yeah, B, A, Start or B, A, Select, Start for two players.

Interestingly, typing upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart into a Palm Pre 
puts it into developer mode.

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

I've seen references to both. Was the one I listed for two players?

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Phillip Partipilo 
mailto:p...@psnet.com>> wrote:
Konami... but it was B, A, I thought?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com<mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens 
mailto:stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Let's see here.. games I had/played:

Summer Games
Karataka
Commando
Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
Archon
Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
Winter Games
Labyrinth
1942
Little Computer People
Arkanoid
Hacker
Knockout!
Pitstop
Pitfall
EA Pinball
Afterburner
Huey Simulator
Pacman
Rambo
Monster Truck 3D
Donkey Kong
Defender
Test Drive
Impossible Mission
Leaderboard
Airborne Ranger
Silent Service
Spy vs Spy
Qbert
Marble Madness
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Way of the Exploding Fist

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were 
easily defeated...

-sc


From: Jonathan Link 
[mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer 
> [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0 
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare 
> [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -----Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh 
> > [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com<mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>>
> > wrote:

> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful

Re: Friday diversion

[Sean Martin]

For Contra on the NES, it gave you something like 30 lives.

- Sean

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Joseph Heaton  wrote:

> And just what, pray tell, did this secret code give you?
>
> >>> "Crawford, Scott"  7/16/2010 1:17 PM >>>
> Yeah, B, A, Start or B, A, Select, Start for two players.
>
> Interestingly, typing upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart into a Palm Pre
> puts it into developer mode.
>
> From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:31 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Friday diversion
>
> I've seen references to both. Was the one I listed for two players?
>
> - Sean
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Phillip Partipilo  p...@psnet.com>> wrote:
> Konami... but it was B, A, I thought?
>
>
> Phillip Partipilo
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
> Jupiter, Florida
> (561) 747-6107
>
>
> From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com seanmarti...@gmail.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Friday diversion
>
> Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start
>
> - Sean
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens  stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
>  On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare  <mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
> Let's see here.. games I had/played:
>
> Summer Games
> Karataka
> Commando
> Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
> Archon
> Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
> Winter Games
> Labyrinth
> 1942
> Little Computer People
> Arkanoid
> Hacker
> Knockout!
> Pitstop
> Pitfall
> EA Pinball
> Afterburner
> Huey Simulator
> Pacman
> Rambo
> Monster Truck 3D
> Donkey Kong
> Defender
> Test Drive
> Impossible Mission
> Leaderboard
> Airborne Ranger
> Silent Service
> Spy vs Spy
> Qbert
> Marble Madness
> Frankie goes to Hollywood
> Way of the Exploding Fist
>
> And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were
> easily defeated...
>
> -sc
>
>
> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com jonathan.l...@gmail.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Friday diversion
>
> Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare  <mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
> Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
> (from
> > cassette tape mind you):
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
> >
> > Don Guyer
> > Systems Engineer - Information Services
> > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> > Devon, PA 19333
> > Direct: (610) 993-3299
> > Fax: (610) 650-5306
> > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com scaes...@caesare.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
> >
> > -sc
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com k...@colonialsavings.com>]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
> a
> > slide rule.
> > > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
> an
> > > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> > ran
> > > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > > The slide rule was faster.
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com mailvor...@gmail.com>]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at

RE: Friday diversion

[Joseph Heaton]

And just what, pray tell, did this secret code give you?

>>> "Crawford, Scott"  7/16/2010 1:17 PM >>>
Yeah, B, A, Start or B, A, Select, Start for two players.

Interestingly, typing upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart into a Palm Pre 
puts it into developer mode.

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

I've seen references to both. Was the one I listed for two players?

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Phillip Partipilo 
mailto:p...@psnet.com>> wrote:
Konami... but it was B, A, I thought?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com<mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens 
mailto:stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Let's see here.. games I had/played:

Summer Games
Karataka
Commando
Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
Archon
Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
Winter Games
Labyrinth
1942
Little Computer People
Arkanoid
Hacker
Knockout!
Pitstop
Pitfall
EA Pinball
Afterburner
Huey Simulator
Pacman
Rambo
Monster Truck 3D
Donkey Kong
Defender
Test Drive
Impossible Mission
Leaderboard
Airborne Ranger
Silent Service
Spy vs Spy
Qbert
Marble Madness
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Way of the Exploding Fist

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were 
easily defeated...

-sc


From: Jonathan Link 
[mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer 
> [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0 
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare 
> [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh 
> > [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com<mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>>
> > wrote:

> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resourc

RE: Friday diversion

[Crawford, Scott]

Yeah, B, A, Start or B, A, Select, Start for two players.

Interestingly, typing upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart into a Palm Pre 
puts it into developer mode.

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

I've seen references to both. Was the one I listed for two players?

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Phillip Partipilo 
mailto:p...@psnet.com>> wrote:
Konami... but it was B, A, I thought?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com<mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens 
mailto:stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Let's see here.. games I had/played:

Summer Games
Karataka
Commando
Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
Archon
Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
Winter Games
Labyrinth
1942
Little Computer People
Arkanoid
Hacker
Knockout!
Pitstop
Pitfall
EA Pinball
Afterburner
Huey Simulator
Pacman
Rambo
Monster Truck 3D
Donkey Kong
Defender
Test Drive
Impossible Mission
Leaderboard
Airborne Ranger
Silent Service
Spy vs Spy
Qbert
Marble Madness
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Way of the Exploding Fist

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were 
easily defeated...

-sc


From: Jonathan Link 
[mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer 
> [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare 
> [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh 
> > [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com<mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>>
> > wrote:

> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint sec

RE: Friday diversion

[Jacob]

Same here. B, A

 

From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

 

Konami. but it was B, A, I thought?

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

 

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start

 

- Sean

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens  wrote:

I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
wrote:

Let's see here.. games I had/played:

 

Summer Games

Karataka

Commando

Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)

Archon

Raid over Moscow (awesome!)

Winter Games

Labyrinth

1942

Little Computer People

Arkanoid

Hacker

Knockout!

Pitstop

Pitfall

EA Pinball

Afterburner

Huey Simulator

Pacman

Rambo

Monster Truck 3D

Donkey Kong

Defender

Test Drive

Impossible Mission

Leaderboard

Airborne Ranger

Silent Service

Spy vs Spy

Qbert

Marble Madness

Frankie goes to Hollywood

Way of the Exploding Fist

 

And others. needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were
easily defeated.

 

-sc

 

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

 

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
wrote:

Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc


> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>

> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>
> -Original Message-

> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]

> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>

> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-

> > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >

> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-

> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >

> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> 

> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Sean Martin]

I've seen references to both. Was the one I listed for two players?

- Sean

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Phillip Partipilo  wrote:

>  Konami… but it was B, A, I thought?
>
>
>
>
>
> Phillip Partipilo
>
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
>
> Jupiter, Florida
>
> (561) 747-6107
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Friday diversion
>
>
>
> Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start
>
>
>
> - Sean
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens  wrote:
>
> I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
> Let’s see here.. games I had/played:
>
>
>
> Summer Games
>
> Karataka
>
> Commando
>
> Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
>
> Archon
>
> Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
>
> Winter Games
>
> Labyrinth
>
> 1942
>
> Little Computer People
>
> Arkanoid
>
> Hacker
>
> Knockout!
>
> Pitstop
>
> Pitfall
>
> EA Pinball
>
> Afterburner
>
> Huey Simulator
>
> Pacman
>
> Rambo
>
> Monster Truck 3D
>
> Donkey Kong
>
> Defender
>
> Test Drive
>
> Impossible Mission
>
> Leaderboard
>
> Airborne Ranger
>
> Silent Service
>
> Spy vs Spy
>
> Qbert
>
> Marble Madness
>
> Frankie goes to Hollywood
>
> Way of the Exploding Fist
>
>
>
> And others… needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were
> easily defeated…
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Friday diversion
>
>
>
> Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
> Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64
>
> -sc
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
>
> > OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
> (from
> > cassette tape mind you):
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
> >
> > Don Guyer
> > Systems Engineer - Information Services
> > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> > Devon, PA 19333
> > Direct: (610) 993-3299
> > Fax: (610) 650-5306
> > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
> >
> > -Original Message-
>
> > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
>
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
>
> > And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
> >
> > -sc
> >
> > > -Original Message-
>
> > > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> > >
>
> > > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
> a
> > slide rule.
> > > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
> an
> > > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> > ran
> > > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > > The slide rule was faster.
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
>
> > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> > >
>
> > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> > 
>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> > >
> > >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> > alone the
> > > ads.
> > >
> > >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
> the
> > day.
> > > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> > >
> > > -- Ben
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Stu Sjouwerman]

Dang I'm old. I remember practically all of these !!!

Warm regards,

Stu


From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Friday diversion

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! ~
~   ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Kim Longenbaugh]

No, sorry, they didn't have cameras then either.  However, I still have
my slide rule and I'll try to remember to take a picture.

-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Pics?

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

No, those weren't invented yet.  But the snakes still walked upright...

-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Did you have to ride a dinosaur to school when a kid?

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got a
slide rule.  We had a computer science class featuring a teletype
terminal with an acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local
college.  It ran Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape
created/read by an attachment on the teletype terminal.
The slide rule was faster.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these...

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone
the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Cameron Cooper]

Pics?

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

No, those weren't invented yet.  But the snakes still walked upright...

-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Did you have to ride a dinosaur to school when a kid?

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got a
slide rule.  We had a computer science class featuring a teletype
terminal with an acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local
college.  It ran Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape
created/read by an attachment on the teletype terminal.
The slide rule was faster.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these...

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone
the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Kim Longenbaugh]

No, those weren't invented yet.  But the snakes still walked upright...

-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Did you have to ride a dinosaur to school when a kid?

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got a
slide rule.  We had a computer science class featuring a teletype
terminal with an acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local
college.  It ran Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape
created/read by an attachment on the teletype terminal.
The slide rule was faster.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these...

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone
the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[RichardMcClary]

Again, my "toothpaste bonus" package had a backgammon game...

One fateful afternoon in a game, I was getting hit a lot.  I decided to 
try a "back game".  The machine offered to double.  I would accept and 
offer back.  I had the cube all the way up to 64, and I had my "table" all 
blocked up.  Then I made a few hits...

I backgammoned the system (256 points, I believe?).  The screen went 
blank.  That game program refused ever to load again...

Jay Dale  wrote on 07/16/2010 12:14:44 PM:

> OMG I had one of those too!
> 
> Jay
> 
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> Here it is attached to the computer...
> 
> This looks like exactly what I had, sans the spiffy audio cassette 
> drive I had to supply. I built mine from a kit.
> 
> You can see the BASIC keywords and the graphic shapes we were 
> talking about on the ?keyboard? too.
> 
> http://www.epromfoundry.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ts1000.JPG
> 
> -sc
> 
> From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:49 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape,
> larger then the Sinclair itself?  It?s been a real long time since 
> I?ve touched one of those things, but I really remember how archaic 
> it was, playing around with it at the Boys&Girls club (some form of 
> after-school care, grew up in a single working parent household), 
> even compared to my home TRS80 COCO2 at the time J
> 
> 
> Phillip Partipilo
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
> Jupiter, Florida
> (561) 747-6107
> 
> 
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or 
> either the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 
> could be invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key orsome 
such.
> 
> The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
> band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho?
> 
> -sc
> 
> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Paul Gordon]

I once remember seeing a cartoon that parodied this "keyboard". - showed it
having just one massive key in the middle with *every*
letter/keyword/graphic on it, surrounded by hundreds of little "shift" keys.
J I never  had one myself, I was an Atari man back then - 800XL (proper
keys), still got it now.

 

Paul G.

 

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: 16 July 2010 17:52
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

 


Looking through the magazines, I remember seeing such large modules.
However, the Sinclair version was pretty small - about the size of (tax your
memory again!) 3 DATs stacked. 

Phillip Partipilo  wrote on 07/16/2010 11:48:48 AM:

> Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape,
> larger then the Sinclair itself?  It's been a real long time since 
> I've touched one of those things, but I really remember how archaic 
> it was, playing around with it at the Boys&Girls club (some form of 
> after-school care, grew up in a single working parent household), 
> even compared to my home TRS80 COCO2 at the time J 
>   
>   
> Phillip Partipilo 
> Parametric Solutions Inc. 
> Jupiter, Florida 
> (561) 747-6107 
>   
>   
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion 
>   
> Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or 
> either the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 
> could be invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key orsome
such. 
>   
> The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
> band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho' 
>   
> -sc 
>   
> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Phillip Partipilo]

Konami... but it was B, A, I thought?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens 
mailto:stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Let's see here.. games I had/played:

Summer Games
Karataka
Commando
Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
Archon
Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
Winter Games
Labyrinth
1942
Little Computer People
Arkanoid
Hacker
Knockout!
Pitstop
Pitfall
EA Pinball
Afterburner
Huey Simulator
Pacman
Rambo
Monster Truck 3D
Donkey Kong
Defender
Test Drive
Impossible Mission
Leaderboard
Airborne Ranger
Silent Service
Spy vs Spy
Qbert
Marble Madness
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Way of the Exploding Fist

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were 
easily defeated...

-sc


From: Jonathan Link 
[mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer 
> [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare 
> [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh 
> > [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com<mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>>
> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~




















~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Jay Dale]

OMG I had one of those too!

Jay

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Here it is attached to the computer...

This looks like exactly what I had, sans the spiffy audio cassette drive I had 
to supply. I built mine from a kit.

You can see the BASIC keywords and the graphic shapes we were talking about on 
the "keyboard" too.

http://www.epromfoundry.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ts1000.JPG

-sc

From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape, larger 
then the Sinclair itself?  It's been a real long time since I've touched one of 
those things, but I really remember how archaic it was, playing around with it 
at the Boys&Girls club (some form of after-school care, grew up in a single 
working parent household), even compared to my home TRS80 COCO2 at the time :)


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or either the BASIC 
function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 could be invoked by some 
keypress-combination with a function key or some such.

The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber band or 
tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho'

-sc

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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" mailto: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/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Sean Martin]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start

- Sean

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens  wrote:

> I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
>
>   On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare <
> scaes...@caesare.com> wrote:
>
>>Let’s see here.. games I had/played:
>>
>>
>>
>> Summer Games
>>
>> Karataka
>>
>> Commando
>>
>> Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
>>
>> Archon
>>
>> Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
>>
>> Winter Games
>>
>> Labyrinth
>>
>> 1942
>>
>> Little Computer People
>>
>> Arkanoid
>>
>> Hacker
>>
>> Knockout!
>>
>> Pitstop
>>
>> Pitfall
>>
>> EA Pinball
>>
>> Afterburner
>>
>> Huey Simulator
>>
>> Pacman
>>
>> Rambo
>>
>> Monster Truck 3D
>>
>> Donkey Kong
>>
>> Defender
>>
>> Test Drive
>>
>> Impossible Mission
>>
>> Leaderboard
>>
>> Airborne Ranger
>>
>> Silent Service
>>
>> Spy vs Spy
>>
>> Qbert
>>
>> Marble Madness
>>
>> Frankie goes to Hollywood
>>
>> Way of the Exploding Fist
>>
>>
>>
>> And others… needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were
>> easily defeated…
>>
>>
>>
>> -sc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Friday diversion
>>
>>
>>
>> Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64
>>
>> -sc
>>
>>
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
>> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
>> > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>> >
>> > OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
>> (from
>> > cassette tape mind you):
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>> >
>> > Don Guyer
>> > Systems Engineer - Information Services
>> > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
>> > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
>> > Devon, PA 19333
>> > Direct: (610) 993-3299
>> > Fax: (610) 650-5306
>> > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
>> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
>> > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>> >
>> > And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>> >
>> > -sc
>> >
>> > > -Original Message-
>> > > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
>> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
>> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> > > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>> > >
>> > > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
>> a
>> > slide rule.
>> > > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
>> an
>> > > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
>> > ran
>> > > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
>> > > attachment on the teletype terminal.
>> > > The slide rule was faster.
>> > >
>> > > -Original Message-
>> > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
>> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
>> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> > > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
>> > 
>>  > > wrote:
>> > > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
>> > >
>> > >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
>> > alone the
>> > > ads.
>> > >
>> > >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
>> the
>> > day.
>> > > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
>> > >
>> > > -- Ben
>> > >
>> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>> >
>> >
>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>> >
>> >
>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Mayo, Bill]

+1.  Mine was actually an expansion to the ColecoVision...plugged into
the expansion port on the front.  Took up a lot of desk space that way.



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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Cameron Cooper]

Played Spy Hunter, Zork series, 1942, Arkanoid, Pitstop, Afterburner,
Huey Sim., Pacman, Test Drive, Donkey Kong, Spy vs Spy and Marble
Madness.

 

_

Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com

 

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

 

Never played any of the Ultima or Zork series.

 

-sc

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

 

None of the Ultimas?

I had most of those games, and also M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold.



 

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:

Let's see here.. games I had/played:

 

Summer Games

Karataka

Commando

Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)

Archon

Raid over Moscow (awesome!)

Winter Games

Labyrinth

1942

Little Computer People

Arkanoid

Hacker

Knockout!

Pitstop

Pitfall

EA Pinball

Afterburner

Huey Simulator

Pacman

Rambo

Monster Truck 3D

Donkey Kong

Defender

Test Drive

Impossible Mission

Leaderboard

Airborne Ranger

Silent Service

Spy vs Spy

Qbert

Marble Madness

Frankie goes to Hollywood

Way of the Exploding Fist

 

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games
were easily defeated...

 

-sc

 

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

 

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:

Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc


> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]

> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues

> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]

> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues

> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]

> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues

> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]

> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >

> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> 

> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Phillip Partipilo]

Heh, I had the same thing.  You hit F12 to load up Deskmate from ROM as well.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these...

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Yup.

 

-sc

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

 


Looking through the magazines, I remember seeing such large modules.
However, the Sinclair version was pretty small - about the size of (tax
your memory again!) 3 DATs stacked. 

Phillip Partipilo  wrote on 07/16/2010 11:48:48 AM:

> Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape,
> larger then the Sinclair itself?  It's been a real long time since 
> I've touched one of those things, but I really remember how archaic 
> it was, playing around with it at the Boys&Girls club (some form of 
> after-school care, grew up in a single working parent household), 
> even compared to my home TRS80 COCO2 at the time J 
>   
>   
> Phillip Partipilo 
> Parametric Solutions Inc. 
> Jupiter, Florida 
> (561) 747-6107 
>   
>   
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion 
>   
> Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or 
> either the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 
> could be invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key
orsome such. 
>   
> The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
> band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho' 
>   
> -sc 
>   
> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Cameron Cooper]

Did you have to ride a dinosaur to school when a kid?

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got a
slide rule.  We had a computer science class featuring a teletype
terminal with an acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local
college.  It ran Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape
created/read by an attachment on the teletype terminal.
The slide rule was faster.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these...

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone
the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Here it is attached to the computer...

 

This looks like exactly what I had, sans the spiffy audio cassette drive
I had to supply. I built mine from a kit.

 

You can see the BASIC keywords and the graphic shapes we were talking
about on the "keyboard" too.

 

http://www.epromfoundry.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ts1000.JPG

 

-sc

 

From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

 

Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape,
larger then the Sinclair itself?  It's been a real long time since I've
touched one of those things, but I really remember how archaic it was,
playing around with it at the Boys&Girls club (some form of after-school
care, grew up in a single working parent household), even compared to my
home TRS80 COCO2 at the time :-)

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

 

Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or either
the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 could be
invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key or some such.

 

The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho'

 

-sc

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[RichardMcClary]

Looking through the magazines, I remember seeing such large modules. 
However, the Sinclair version was pretty small - about the size of (tax 
your memory again!) 3 DATs stacked.

Phillip Partipilo  wrote on 07/16/2010 11:48:48 AM:

> Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape,
> larger then the Sinclair itself?  It?s been a real long time since 
> I?ve touched one of those things, but I really remember how archaic 
> it was, playing around with it at the Boys&Girls club (some form of 
> after-school care, grew up in a single working parent household), 
> even compared to my home TRS80 COCO2 at the time J
> 
> 
> Phillip Partipilo
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
> Jupiter, Florida
> (561) 747-6107
> 
> 
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or 
> either the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 
> could be invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key orsome 
such.
> 
> The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
> band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho?
> 
> -sc
> 
> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Phillip Partipilo]

Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape, larger 
then the Sinclair itself?  It's been a real long time since I've touched one of 
those things, but I really remember how archaic it was, playing around with it 
at the Boys&Girls club (some form of after-school care, grew up in a single 
working parent household), even compared to my home TRS80 COCO2 at the time :)


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or either the BASIC 
function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 could be invoked by some 
keypress-combination with a function key or some such.

The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber band or 
tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho'

-sc

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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" mailto: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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Scot Parsons]

Before they closed and Service Merchandise moved in, we had a store called Sam 
Solomon. I think Service Merchandise bought them out when they went under.

From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

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" mailto: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/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Jonathan Link]

I worked at a Best, before they liquidated...

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Jacob  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"  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/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Steve Ens]

I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

>  Let’s see here.. games I had/played:
>
>
>
> Summer Games
>
> Karataka
>
> Commando
>
> Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
>
> Archon
>
> Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
>
> Winter Games
>
> Labyrinth
>
> 1942
>
> Little Computer People
>
> Arkanoid
>
> Hacker
>
> Knockout!
>
> Pitstop
>
> Pitfall
>
> EA Pinball
>
> Afterburner
>
> Huey Simulator
>
> Pacman
>
> Rambo
>
> Monster Truck 3D
>
> Donkey Kong
>
> Defender
>
> Test Drive
>
> Impossible Mission
>
> Leaderboard
>
> Airborne Ranger
>
> Silent Service
>
> Spy vs Spy
>
> Qbert
>
> Marble Madness
>
> Frankie goes to Hollywood
>
> Way of the Exploding Fist
>
>
>
> And others… needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were
> easily defeated…
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Friday diversion
>
>
>
> Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
> Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64
>
> -sc
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
> (from
> > cassette tape mind you):
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
> >
> > Don Guyer
> > Systems Engineer - Information Services
> > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> > Devon, PA 19333
> > Direct: (610) 993-3299
> > Fax: (610) 650-5306
> > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
> >
> > -Original Message-----
> > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
> >
> > -sc
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
> a
> > slide rule.
> > > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
> an
> > > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> > ran
> > > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > > The slide rule was faster.
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> > 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> > >
> > >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> > alone the
> > > ads.
> > >
> > >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
> the
> > day.
> > > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> > >
> > > -- Ben
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Jacob]

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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Never played any of the Ultima or Zork series.

 

-sc

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

 

None of the Ultimas?

I had most of those games, and also M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold.



 

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:

Let's see here.. games I had/played:

 

Summer Games

Karataka

Commando

Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)

Archon

Raid over Moscow (awesome!)

Winter Games

Labyrinth

1942

Little Computer People

Arkanoid

Hacker

Knockout!

Pitstop

Pitfall

EA Pinball

Afterburner

Huey Simulator

Pacman

Rambo

Monster Truck 3D

Donkey Kong

Defender

Test Drive

Impossible Mission

Leaderboard

Airborne Ranger

Silent Service

Spy vs Spy

Qbert

Marble Madness

Frankie goes to Hollywood

Way of the Exploding Fist

 

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games
were easily defeated...

 

-sc

 

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

 

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:

Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc


> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]

> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues

> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]

> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues

> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]

> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues

> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]

> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >

> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> 

> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Jonathan Link]

None of the Ultimas?
I had most of those games, and also M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold.



On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

>  Let’s see here.. games I had/played:
>
>
>
> Summer Games
>
> Karataka
>
> Commando
>
> Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
>
> Archon
>
> Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
>
> Winter Games
>
> Labyrinth
>
> 1942
>
> Little Computer People
>
> Arkanoid
>
> Hacker
>
> Knockout!
>
> Pitstop
>
> Pitfall
>
> EA Pinball
>
> Afterburner
>
> Huey Simulator
>
> Pacman
>
> Rambo
>
> Monster Truck 3D
>
> Donkey Kong
>
> Defender
>
> Test Drive
>
> Impossible Mission
>
> Leaderboard
>
> Airborne Ranger
>
> Silent Service
>
> Spy vs Spy
>
> Qbert
>
> Marble Madness
>
> Frankie goes to Hollywood
>
> Way of the Exploding Fist
>
>
>
> And others… needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were
> easily defeated…
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Friday diversion
>
>
>
> Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
> Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64
>
> -sc
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
> (from
> > cassette tape mind you):
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
> >
> > Don Guyer
> > Systems Engineer - Information Services
> > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> > Devon, PA 19333
> > Direct: (610) 993-3299
> > Fax: (610) 650-5306
> > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
> >
> > -Original Message-----
> > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
> >
> > -sc
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
> a
> > slide rule.
> > > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
> an
> > > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> > ran
> > > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > > The slide rule was faster.
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> > 
>  > > wrote:
> > > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> > >
> > >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> > alone the
> > > ads.
> > >
> > >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
> the
> > day.
> > > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> > >
> > > -- Ben
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Let's see here.. games I had/played:

 

Summer Games

Karataka

Commando

Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)

Archon

Raid over Moscow (awesome!)

Winter Games

Labyrinth

1942

Little Computer People

Arkanoid

Hacker

Knockout!

Pitstop

Pitfall

EA Pinball

Afterburner

Huey Simulator

Pacman

Rambo

Monster Truck 3D

Donkey Kong

Defender

Test Drive

Impossible Mission

Leaderboard

Airborne Ranger

Silent Service

Spy vs Spy

Qbert

Marble Madness

Frankie goes to Hollywood

Way of the Exploding Fist

 

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games
were easily defeated...

 

-sc

 

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

 

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:

Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc


> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> 
> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Jacob]

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"  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/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Jonathan Link]

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

> Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
> (from
> > cassette tape mind you):
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
> >
> > Don Guyer
> > Systems Engineer - Information Services
> > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> > Devon, PA 19333
> > Direct: (610) 993-3299
> > Fax: (610) 650-5306
> > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
> >
> > -Original Message-----
> > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
> >
> > -sc
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
> a
> > slide rule.
> > > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
> an
> > > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> > ran
> > > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > > The slide rule was faster.
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> > 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> > >
> > >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> > alone the
> > > ads.
> > >
> > >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
> the
> > day.
> > > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> > >
> > > -- Ben
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Don Guyer]

Yeah, I had Zaxxon, don't remember any more titles at the moment though.

Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com


-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
> 
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
> 
> -sc
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> 
> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
> 
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
> 
> -sc
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> 
> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Don Guyer]

OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from cassette tape mind you):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0

Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got a
slide rule.
> We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with an
> acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
ran
> Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> attachment on the teletype terminal.
> The slide rule was faster.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare

> wrote:
> > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> 
>   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
alone the
> ads.
> 
>   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.
> Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> 
> -- Ben
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Especially when typing in those lo...@ss program listings from the
magazine??

 

-sc

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

 


I did invest $2 and a stamp to get a KB "Template".  It stuck onto the
membrane KB and had holes in it for fingers.  It truly spead things up! 

"Steven M. Caesare"  wrote on 07/16/2010 10:19:56
AM:

> Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or 
> either the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 
> could be invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key
orsome such. 
>   
> The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
> band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho' 
>   
> -sc 
>   
> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[RichardMcClary]

I did invest $2 and a stamp to get a KB "Template".  It stuck onto the 
membrane KB and had holes in it for fingers.  It truly spead things up!

"Steven M. Caesare"  wrote on 07/16/2010 10:19:56 
AM:

> Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or 
> either the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 
> could be invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key orsome 
such.
> 
> The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
> band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho?
> 
> -sc
> 
> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or either
the BASIC function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 could be
invoked by some keypress-combination with a function key or some such.

 

The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber
band or tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho'

 

-sc

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 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"  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/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> 
> I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got a
slide rule.
> We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with an
> acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
ran
> Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> attachment on the teletype terminal.
> The slide rule was faster.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare

> wrote:
> > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> 
>   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
alone the
> ads.
> 
>   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.
> Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> 
> -- Ben
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

"Hold my screwdriver, I have to use 2 hands to lift this full-height
5-1/4" drive in to the bay."

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:13 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare

> wrote:
> > Remember installing 5 and 10 MB HDD's and deciding whether to format
> > them MFM or RLL to squeeze a little extra space out of them.
> 
>   And the obligatory, "Wow!  That's like 40 floppies!  I'll *never*
run out of
> disk space again!"
> 
> -- Ben
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[RichardMcClary]

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"  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! ~
~   ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Kim Longenbaugh]

I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got a
slide rule.  We had a computer science class featuring a teletype
terminal with an acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local
college.  It ran Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape
created/read by an attachment on the teletype terminal.
The slide rule was faster.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these...

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone
the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Remember installing 5 and 10 MB HDD's and deciding whether to format
> them MFM or RLL to squeeze a little extra space out of them.

  And the obligatory, "Wow!  That's like 40 floppies!  I'll *never*
run out of disk space again!"

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Steven M. Caesare]

Yeah, I counted 16-17 that I remember.

Worked and/or played on a bunch of them.

Remember installing 5 and 10 MB HDD's and deciding whether to format
them MFM or RLL to squeeze a little extra space out of them.

-sc
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:03 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare

> wrote:
> > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> 
>   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
alone the
> ads.
> 
>   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.
> Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> 
> -- Ben
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Re: Friday diversion

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these…

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~