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   Message 571 of 1,530   
   Charles Stephenson to Gaylen Hintz   
   RE: TS 1000   
   28 May 19 20:33:21   
   
   MSGID: 21275.classic_computer@1:226/16 660dd37e   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: ENiGMA1/2 0.0.10.a (linux; x64; 10.15.2)   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   REPLY: 1:18/200@fidonet 563086f6   
      
   On May 28th 5:21 pm Gaylen Hintz said...   
    GH> Computer/Desktop I actually BOUGHT was a Tandy 1000 SL, I was in High   
    GH>    
    GH>  Hmmm, started out with a mighty MC10 from Radio Shak, worked my way up    
    GH> to a  Color computer 1 and then finally 3.  Ran a unix clone OS on that    
    GH> and even had  a dialup board on that one.  Great fun those days... multi    
    GH> user multi tasking  environment on an 8 bit machine. :)   
    GH>   
      
   MC10?? My old age is setting in! :( I can't remember what those were...   
      
      
   On May 28th 5:21 pm Gaylen Hintz said...   
    GH> the first time I saw Windows in action!   
    GH>    
    GH>  heheheh, was pretty amazing way back in the day when you didn't have to    
    GH> use  the command prompt for everything.   
    GH>   
      
      
   Right! I did like using the command prompt, made computing a little more   
   personal! When I saw Linux for the first time, it made it easier to migrate to   
   it YEARS ago, just because of the command prompt! Before that I fell in love   
   with OS/2!   
      
      
   On May 28th 5:21 pm Gaylen Hintz said...   
    GH>  doing  no plug and play with those puters. :)   
    GH>   
      
      
   Yeah, and when 'plug n play' did come around, it was a *ITCH in OS/2! :\   
      
      
   On May 28th 5:21 pm Gaylen Hintz said...   
    GH>    
    GH>  No argument there.. did your own programming too?   
    GH>   
      
      
   I dilly dallied in BASIC/QB, when I got into BBSing, I got into seeing how big   
   and smart I could make my batch file! hehe....     
      
   The good ole days!   
      
      
      
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