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« on: June 29, 2005, 04:41:54 am »

Very fond memories of the many hours spent pouring over the details of a TRS-80. What a long way things have come since the cassette tape and direct connect phone handset BBS days.
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2005, 10:43:11 am »

Vic-20 here.  Spent hours typing code to get lamesty games running.
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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2005, 10:58:12 am »

We used to call them Trash-80's.  It was the first, and for a year or so, the only computer my high school had.
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2005, 11:28:52 am »

Apple 2-E.

Good for only limited processing. Games were lame!  I think we paid about $1700 for it.

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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2005, 02:33:17 pm »

The VIC-20 was the first computer that I used and I used a Trash-80 in a middle school programming class.  I also just gave away a Vic-20 and a TRS-80 Model III to a couple of students the other day.  

I remember when we were one of the first ones to get a 1200 baud modem - everyone else had a 300 baud! ':p'
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2005, 04:59:30 pm »

I had a Commadore 64. pretty much useless.
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2005, 07:22:24 pm »

The first computer I ever used was an Apple IIa I used it at my school.


The first one I used at home was a Compaq Portable

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« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2005, 10:38:24 am »

Ah yes - I remember those 35lb portables.
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« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2005, 02:48:21 pm »

Still have one of those. Got it to run Win 3.1 not well but it ran.
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2005, 07:41:43 am »

And this all relates to soda pop machines how? Hehehehe '<img'>
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