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   >   >> and then had to learn GWBasic when I got an IBM type computer a   
   >   >> couple of years later.   
      
   >   >price tag was high, so I got the Commodore 64 and Floppy drive   
   >   >to start out with. Ten years later got a 486 with DOS 5.0 .   
      
   > I was all set to buy a C64 for about $1000 when I ran into an old   
   > highschool friend who told me about building the Apple systems   
   > It cost me about $550 to build the Apple II+ systems, and the   
   > C64 shop wanted $400 for a floppy drive and I got two of them   
   > for my Apple for $250 each. You needed 2 to copy disks..  B)   
      
   > I built my Apple systems from 1982 until about 1987, and then I got   
   > an 8088 PC with Dos 3.3 on it.   
      
   >   >No internet for the older gear just on this cellphone.   
      
   > Still using the old ones I see.. I do most of my work on a Win7 Laptop   
   > and I thought I was behind. About 2 years ago I finally stopped using   
   > an old Vista Laptop I got for free when my brother upgraded but you   
   > eventually run into the situation where the OS can't be loaded with   
   > a reasonably up to date Browser and a lot of sites will no longer   
   > work on them.   
      
   >   >use the Open command before New to format a disk.   
   >   >I had not thought it was needed until I now had a Formatted disk.   
      
   > It is so long since I worked with those I wouldn't have remembered   
   > that either, if all systems require it. It didn't ring any bells..   
      
   > ---   
   >  * SLMR Rob  * Hurry, my first impression is almost up!   
      
      
   Rob, Got the C=64 in 1984 , got the 1541 FDD too, cost for both about $550.00   
   iirc.   
      
   The Opencommand was a Commodore command, I don't think Open was used by other   
   pc makers    
   Ed   
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