Don't recall the processor or system make/model, but my brother and I used
to play a game called Offroad that booted from DOS and was just yellow lines
on a black screen. Printer was dot matrix with the tear-off feeder holes on
each side of the paper. First modem was a 56k, but that was a couple
computers later, when we got a 300MHz Compaq Presario.
I wonder if I can salvage the network cards out of them... should be good
enough for a pfsense setup...
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:50 PM,
kitepilot@kitepilot.com <
kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
> >> Back in my day you got monochrome and 40x25 characters and counted
> >> yourself lucky!
> Did it..
> Remember when I (AWE...) saw the firs CGA and flew M$ Flight Simulator IN
> COLORS!!!
> All 8 of them! 8)
>
> >> At least I'm not old enough to have suffered with punch cards
> Did it too...
>
> >> Before that it was fuzzy white on black with a dumb terminal and a 300
> >> baud acoustic coupler.
> >>
> >> 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! ;-)
> Your baby...
> ET
>
>
>
>
>
> Alan Dayley writes:
>
> > You little youngsters don't know the meaning of hardship.
> >
> > Back in my day you got monochrome and 40x25 characters and counted
> > yourself lucky!
> >
> > Before that it was fuzzy white on black with a dumb terminal and a 300
> > baud acoustic coupler.
> >
> > Before that it was on a dot matrix printer with a keyboard. Get it
> > right quick or you waste a lot of paper!
> >
> > At least I'm not old enough to have suffered with punch cards or paper
> > tape or front panel toggle switches.
> >
> > CGA was a wonder for about $600!
> >
> > ;^)
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Stephen<cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> no i was just 5 when i started
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:28 PM,
> >> kitepilot@kitepilot.com<kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
> >>>>> I remember CGA and its pink cyan vomit... i think i preferred going
> >>> Jesus!
> >>> You are *THAT* old?
> >>> Dirt... ;-)
> >>> ET
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Stephen writes:
> >>>
> >>>> I remember CGA and its pink cyan vomit... i think i preferred going
> >>>> back to ASCII until VGA was out.
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