My apple was a stripped-down school machine, already outdated when I got to use it. I used to like to play that game in talking typer, I forget what it was called, all the time. I used to loose so baddely... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:06 PM Subject: Re: OLD DAYS > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
