In a message of , Mike Sprague (1:129/89) writes:
 MS>FRED HATFIELD TYPED:  When I was living in Columbus, Ohio, we used a 
 MS>KIM-1 to control an Icom 2 meter transceiver and thought we were in 
 MS>technology heaven.
 MS> 
 MS>MIKE SPRAGUE COMMENTS:  It is no surprise that the first group of 
 MS>people who put together an electronic calculating machine were chiefly 
 MS>members of a model railroad club.  Neither is it a surprise that the 
 MS>first owners of "home" computers were amateur radio operators.
Very true, Mike.  All my ham friends were 'turned-on' with microprocessors 
and single-board computers when they first came out.
I even still have my APPLE I, which I programmed to copy an early ham radio 
RTTY net.
 MS>Speaking of the old days, I never have understood the negative 
 MS>reactions that some people have to messages composed in all capital 
 MS>letters or all lover-case letters.  
I find all caps difficult to read.  I was delighted when lower-case 
capability was added to home computers.
All the early RTTY transmissions were all caps.
Fred.
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