Jim wrote: > Rick Stevens wrote: >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 11:19 -0400, Jim wrote: >>>> Rick Stevens wrote: >>>>> Jim wrote: >>>>>> Rick Stevens wrote: >>>>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>>>>>>> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 15:27 +0000, g wrote: >>>>>>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ttys >>>>>>>>> 'b-'. you did not answer which model and usage of paper. :) >>>>>>>> asr33, paper scroll :-) >>>>>>> ASR33s also had the paper tape punch and reader. KSR33s did >>>>>>> not. I had both hooked up to my Altair 8800 back in '77 via 110 >>>>>>> baud, 20mA current >>>>>>> loop serial interfaces. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ah, memories! >>>>>>> >>>>>> ASR33 on a Altair, that far back, You must be at least 100, >>>>> Smart*ss! Nah, I was in college (sophmore). >>>>> >>>>>> I started out on a RCA 1802 8 bit and I still have it. I modified >>>>>> it to >>>>>> work on S100 bus so I could get more memory , 64k , man you were >>>>>> top dog with that kind of memory. >>>>> Only had 56K (seven 8KB RAM cards) and a nice 8K EPROM board (had >>>>> 1702A >>>>> PROMS on it) holding a monitor program. >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - >>>>> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - >>>>> - - >>>>> - "I understand Windows 2000 has a Y2K problem." - >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>> I don't think anything has had a fast pace change like the Computer. >>>> Then you had to really get into the nuts and bolts of a computer to >>>> get one working. >>>> I also still have a dual 8" floppy drive that was big back then. >>>> I can remember when the 3 1/2, 1.4mb floppy first came boy did that >>>> make a big difference. >>> >>> Dear me, all you youngsters prattling on about these new-fangled >>> "microprocessors". The first system I managed was a PDP-11/45. >> >> Got ya beat. First managed a Univac (can't recall the model), moved to >> an S/360, Burroughs Medium System 12, Xerox Sigma 7, DG Nova 2/10, DEC >> PDP-8, PDP-11/45 and VAX 11/785, THEN got the Altairs and IMSAIs (and >> Amigas and clones and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!). >> >> And now, back to the real topic. (What was it again? I forget...) >> -- Rick >> > I knew it , just give it time, and the BIG GUYS will jump out of the > Woodwork. > Did you ever buy a Trash-80 ? > YES. TRS-80 Model I Thanks, I knew I was missing something. James
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