I don't know, Alex. I thought the Apple 2E was a pretty cool machine. It was my very first computer. I saved and saved until I could afford $1,000 for an Apple 2E, and I only got it so cheap because I didn't need the monitor. After awhile, I added a meg of RAM and then I had a truly cool machine. It took 4 floppies to boot the darn thing, but then it just stayed up for weeks, or until I hard crashed it with some bad basic code. Oh, yes, and I also scrimped and saved to get one of those new fangled 2400 baud modems for it. I recall that Hayes modem set me back $678, which was more than an SSI check in those days. On Tue, 21 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
