Yup, it was called bex. You booted from one disk, then had to insert another disk to work with, called the main disk I think. The system I had was an apple II, but I also worked with the GSs a few times. The whole OS, program files, and data files all fit on one 360k floppy. Winblows takes 500 Megs! I remember sitting in computer class, all the sited people actually had macks with HDs, waiting for my sorry little apple to boot. That thing sounded like a freit train I remember! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:59 PM Subject: Re: OLD DAYS Hey Alex. I remember the apple 2gs, and it took 5 mins to boot also. It had a 3.5 fd with the echo synth that I could somewhat understand. Oh wasn't that word processor called Bex? The thing booted off a floppy I think. I wonder if that was its entire kernel and rest of os and software all on that disk? Old ass mac system! ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Snow <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:14 PM Subject: Re: OLD DAYS > I came after the paper tape, but I remember way back in elementary school > learning to type on an apple II with talking typer from aph. It had an echo > synth that I didn't understand, and two disk drives (5.25") and took about 5 > minutes to boot. Then it would crash if I backspaced to many times in the > date, and the whole process would have to be repeated. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cecil H. Whitley" <cwhitley at ec.rr.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:07 PM > Subject: OLD DAYS > > > > hI, > > i REMEMBER bitnET AND RELAY (RAN ON TOP OF RSCS). i ALSO REMEMBER PAPER > > TAPE AND PUNCH CARDS. sAD PART ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE nAVY IS PROBABLY > > STILL USING PAPER TAPE IN PLACES. > > > > cECIL > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
