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|    Message 764 of 1,530    |
|    Daniel to Ralf Wissing    |
|    Re: My Classic Computer..    |
|    28 Apr 20 16:33:00    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 702.fido_classicc@1:340/7 230e35fb       REPLY: 2:240/8001 426474bf       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Win32 Apr 25 2020 MSC 1925       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Win32 r3.160 Apr 25 2020 MSC 1925       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> Ralf Wissing wrote to Daniel <=-               RW> Since i recovered the Atari 520 ST (4 MB RAM, now online via PiModem)        RW> from my dads office a few weeks ago i notice that i spend more and more        RW> time using the old machine for tasks i would normally do on a modern        RW> computer. I think the singletasking in combination with the great sharp        RW> and contrast rich b/w graphics make it to the perfect typewriter /        RW> office-workhorse. The perfect tool for people like me who are experts        RW> in procrastination ;-)              I didn't know it had so much ram. So I just looked it up and yeah, you expanded       it to max ram. Cool. YOu said balck and white but the wikipedia article says       the monochrome monitor was a moneysaver, and that it came with a color monitor.       Any thought of getting an old color monitor for it?              I like my trs-80 laptop. And, the tandy community has collected all magazine       articles and BBS files from the era and store it on teh website. One of my       favorite classics is lunar lander. I have three of them now that I transcribed       in basic.              Have you discovered atariage forum yet?              Forum:       https://atariage.com/forums/              Archives:       https://www.atariarchives.org/                     ... Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world       --- MultiMail/Linux v0.49        * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (1:340/7)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 14/5 6 15/0 18/0 200 19/36 90/1 106/201 116/18       SEEN-BY: 116/116 120/331 340 601 123/0 25 50 115 120 140 150 170 755       SEEN-BY: 128/2 135/300 153/7715 154/10 50 218/700 222/2 226/16 30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/101 426 452 664 981 1014 230/150 152 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/1 206 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/155       SEEN-BY: 275/100 282/1031 1056 291/100 111 298/26 300/4 5 6 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 322/757 340/0 7 200 201 202 400 800 341/66 342/13       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 60 633/280 640/1321 712/848 801/161 189 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 3634/0 12 15 24 27 50 119 5020/1042 5053/58       PATH: 340/7 400 261/38 3634/12 154/10 229/426           |
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