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   -=> Gaylen Hintz wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    GH>  wow, that was a bargain back in those days. :)   
      
    DD> Actually it was about standard (in my area). For $100 more you could   
    DD> get a dual floppy drive and have both a:/ and b:/ drives. And you had a   
    DD> choice of 8" or 5.25" drives. Thannk providence I didn't go with the 8"   
    DD> guys. They were fading fast, even then.   
      
    GH>  hehehehe, yep... my color computer took the 5 1/5 inch floppies  goodness>   
    GH> though single sided double density. Added the os/9 operating system,   
    GH> compiled device   
    GH> drivers for the 3 1/2 floppies and I was in hog heaven.   
      
   I didn't get into 3.5" floppies until I got my Amiga. I just got one of   
   those notcher deals and made "flippies" out of my 5.25" floppies.   
      
   Now the only 3.5" floppy I have left is the promo Amiga calculator that   
   Commode Door put out back when I owned my computer store. They sold like   
   hotcakes as stocking stuffers (it was around Xmas). Thank providence I   
   kept one for myself. Still works, too. Here's a link to an IBM version   
   of the item .... https://tinyurl.com/I-FLOPPY-BM   
      
    GH> ah come on now, just think how much fun you had learning all this   
    GH> stuff and it carries on to today.  Imagine growing up and getting   
    GH> into computing with only the point and click interface. :)   
      
    DD> Or thinking you *HAVE* to be tethered to your $mart-a$$ phone.  Bv(=   
      
    GH>  bwahahahahah  yeah... that too. :)   
      
    DD> Helping my brother clean out a basement storage space the other day I   
    DD> came across a Coleco Adam I had bought his daughters in an attempt to   
    DD> wean them away from Q*Bert and Donkey Kong to more productive pursuits.   
      
    GH>  hehehehe, with the Ziglog Z80 chip?  Initial price back in 1983 at   
    GH> $600 was quite an investment wasn't it. :)   
      
   Didn't pay near that. I am not an "early adopter" and when the Adam    
   didn't "fly off the shelves" dealers - most of whom were toy/game stores   
   who didn't understand computers - cut prices dramatically to make room   
   for game consoles.   Bv)=   
      
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