Re: Re: Compiling Software
  By: NUITARI to SAM ALEXANDER on Wed Apr 05 2006 05:11 pm

 > |15Sam Alexander |07said this..
 > 
 > >Your story reminds me so much of my first DOS-based PC, which I got around
 > >1990 after using my Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2 then 3 for a few few
 > >years.  I think I spent about $700 for that thing, amber monitor, one 360K
 > >5.25" floppy, and MS-DOS 3.3.  ANyone remember Edlin?  hehe
But yeah, I
 > >thought the same after spending that kinda money and all I got was a
 > >blinking cursor.  After ordering my 2400 baud modem, which came with COMit,
 > >I was online and downloading the software I needed.  I had been using BBSes
 > >for a short time on my Trash-80 system, but the BBSes looked so much better
 > >on the DOS box.
 > 
 > My first PC was an XT with dos 3.3 and EGA graphic (!). Costed about 10k$.
 > And yes I remember the atrociousness of Edlin. I also remember PCAccess whic
 > was a way to make people lazy about learning CLI. Eventually got a 720k flop
 > drive, which needed it's own drivers.
 > 
 > Didn't do any BBS until I got a 486 though with a modem.
 > 

Dude, so similar to my story.  I remember adding a 720K drive to give me, 
WHOA, 1 MEG of drive space :)  The BBS was on the 5.25" while files and 
emails were on the 3.5".  Problem with me running a BBS at home was me and 
my sister shared a phoneline, so TONS of fun there hearing her complain 
when she answered and got an ear-full of carrier.

About 1991/2 I got a 21 Meg MFM HD that had to have the heads manually 
parked before turning it off.  

I wish I still had that old XT...  One night while in high school I guess 
something shifted in my closet and it fell from the top shelf to the floor 
and never booted again.  I still have MANY of my old floppies, and on my 
current board I'm planning on incorporating may of the graphics I created 
back then.  That'll be weird, using graphics I created in like 1991.  

Too cool!!!

Sam


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