Andrew Leary wrote to Mark Lewis:

AL> That was back when programmers took the time to conserve resources,
AL> because at the time RAM and disk space were EXTREMELY expensive.

Wasn't it though! Funny how things have changed, and that wasn't
really that long ago.

AL> My first computer (an original Tandy Color Computer) came with a 
AL> whole 32K of RAM, and used a cassette recorder to save/load programs.
AL> I remember how exiting it was when they finally came out with a
AL> floppy disk drive for it.

My first computer was given to me with a morse code program so I
could learn the code and get my amateur HF license, an 8086 with
512K, two 5 1/4 inch floppy drives and a 2400 baud modem. I did get
my HF license too although I never used it much, but I've been
modeming ever since.. :)

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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