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|    Message 934 of 1,530    |
|    Ron Lauzon to Augusto Baffa    |
|    Replicas of old computers    |
|    03 May 21 08:16:00    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 855.fidoclassicc@1:275/89 24f52775       REPLY: 13.fidonet_classicc@4:801/202 24f45066       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Win32 master/d2950f472 Mar 30 2021 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 master/d2950f472 Mar 30 2021 MSC 1928       BBSID: DMINE       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> Augusto Baffa wrote to FidoNet.CLASSIC_COMPUTER <=-               AB> I'm an enthusiast of old computer replicas. Actually, I've already        AB> assembled some kits like Altair(duino) 8800, PiDP-8 and PiDP-11. There        AB> are very nice to study old languages like focal/cobol/fortran/basic and        AB> assembly language as well.               AB> Is there anyone into it?              It's truely amazing the popularity of vintage/retro-computers today. There       are large groups that like to play with, or actaully do things with,       vintage computers.              The size of the C64 group is really amazing. They are large enough that there       are people who are building hardware and software for the C64.              I recently played with S-BASIC for my Kaypro. This is a compiled, structured       BASIC. It's basically (ha! BASIC-ly) Pascal using BASIC keywords.              I've also been playing with Turbo Pascal on the Kaypro as well as my old       MS-DOS machines.              I have bad memories of COBOL (I did that for a job for 6 years), so I'm not       going back there. But I do want to play with FORTRAN again (second programming       language I ever learned).                     ... A jerk present in a group indicates a jerk in charge.       === MultiMail/Linux v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32        * Origin: Diamond Mine Online BBS - bbs.dmine.net:24 (1:275/89)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 19/36 30/0 30 50/109 90/1 105/81 106/201       SEEN-BY: 116/18 120/331 340 123/131 140 124/5016 129/305 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 222/2 226/30 227/114 702 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 427 428 452 664 700 981 1016 1017 230/150 152       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/1 206 317 400       SEEN-BY: 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/155 275/0 89 91 93 95 97 98       SEEN-BY: 275/99 100 103 201 301 280/464 5003 282/1038 1056 288/100       SEEN-BY: 291/100 111 292/854 301/0 1 101 113 310/31 317/3 320/119       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 340/400 341/66 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58       SEEN-BY: 463/68 467/888 633/280 640/1321 712/848 770/1 801/161 189       SEEN-BY: 2320/105 2452/250 2454/119 3634/12 5000/111 5001/100 5005/49       SEEN-BY: 5019/40 5020/715 1042 2047 4441 5053/58 5064/56 5083/444       PATH: 275/89 100 261/38 5020/1042 301/1 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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