On Tue 7 July 2009 6:53:41 pm Alan Dayley wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:50 PM, > > kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: > > Did it.. > > Remember when I (AWE...) saw the firs CGA and flew M$ Flight Simulator IN > > COLORS!!! > > All 8 of them! 8) > > It was WAY COOL! > > >>> Before that it was on a dot matrix printer with a keyboard. Get it > >>> right quick or you waste a lot of paper! > > > > Man, you *ARE* older than dirt! ;-) > > Our high school had one of these beauties: > > http://www.omnidatasys.net/product/spec_printer_ti820.htm > > When the terminals acted up, we could use this to get on the district > main frame. It was already old then, but not yet uncommon. > > Alan Thank you for changing the subject line ;) The funny thing about all of this, and talking to the retro hacker guy who sits next to me at work, is that I know what all of you are talking about, and I'm only 17. Not sure that's depressing or not xD I guess that's what happens when you have the Jargon file and various 'history' books and lore saved to your desktop and your pda for idle reading ;) Ryan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss