CHRS: CP437 2   
   MSGID: 1:18/200@fidonet 56309e3d   
   PID: MBSE-BBS 1.0.7.12 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.7.12 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)   
   -=> Dave Drum spoke thus to Gaylen Hintz <=-   
      
      
    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.   
      
    DD> I didn't get into 3.5" floppies until I got my Amiga. I just got one of   
    DD> those notcher deals and made "flippies" out of my 5.25" floppies.   
      
    heheheh, yeah I forgot about that. Instantly doubled your drive space. :)   
      
      
    DD> Now the only 3.5" floppy I have left is the promo Amiga calculator that   
    DD> Commode Door put out back when I owned my computer store. They sold   
      
    Ok, you lost me... Amiga calulator?  Exactly what was that?   
      
     GH>  hehehehe, with the Ziglog Z80 chip?  Initial price back in 1983 at   
    GH> $600 was quite an investment wasn't it. :)   
      
    DD> Didn't pay near that. I am not an "early adopter" and when the Adam   
    DD> didn't "fly off the shelves" dealers - most of whom were toy/game   
    DD> stores who didn't understand computers - cut prices dramatically to   
    DD> make room for game consoles.   Bv)=   
      
    Ah I see. Personal computing was in it's infancy.  Well I guess we all have   
   some not so favorite memories of that time when IBM was the "premier" system.    
   :)   
      
    ... Confucius say: He who pass gas in church must sit in own pew   
      
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