DAG>> I've been toying with the idea of putting together an   
    Atari 8-bit syste again for some time now.  I remember on the   
    last system I had, a 130XE, tha   
    ...   
    >>anybody knows.  Also wondering how easy it might be to set up   
    hardware on o to enable an ethernet link, or if any software   
    might've been developed for that might allow something like SLIP   
    or PPP over a serial or parallel   
    ...   
    >>connection.  If I'm going to use money on antiquated hardware   
    I might as we make sure that it's going to be somewhat useful in   
    this day and age for me.   
      
    >> God the nostalgia for the system that I first learned   
    computing and cod on.  :) What did you guys start out with?   
      
    First system an RCA 1802 Cosmac Super Elf. Programed in HEX.   
      
    Went to a TRS-80 Model 1, with 4K rom and 4K ram. Eventually ran   
    it up to 48K ram W/expansion interface, hard disk, RS-232 and   
    modem. Oh, and doubled the clock speed with my own design. Added   
    the lower case mod also.   
      
    Rewrote the ROM IO routines in machine language to emulate much   
    of the TRS-80 Mod IV, and also to speed it up a bit. Some   
    inefficient code cleaned up. Learned the machine language   
    programming after I learned basic, as below.   
      
    It came with the best computer programming book ever written,   
    IMO.   
      
    Learned machine language programming on the Altair and Imsai,   
    also assembly language, at the U of Toledo, using a cross   
    compiler.   
      
    Too dang tired to learn another system. I just program in batch   
    language and QBasic or Quick Basic now.   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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