That was even before monitors. Everyone just used color TVs because they were cheaper. Didn't they plug into a RF modulator card? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:39 AM Subject: Re: OLD DAYS > believe it or not, my first computer was a comodore 64 with no speech. > I could see well enough at the time to be able to read the print off of my > tv screen. I even had some cool games for it that weren't released to the > publick until a few months after I had them. > I'm still amazed that you could do so much with a 1 mhz processor and the > entire os was in memory. > I mean sure you had to load games off of a tape, and I mean audio cassett, > but it was for it's time very fast. especially when you put things like > dolphin dos or cocroach on it. > oh how I miss my c 64 hahaha. > > > -- > Shaun Oliver > > Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the > > > only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. > > > -- Wernher von Braun. > > > email: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au > > > icq:76958435 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
