Old computer users (Was: Re: Laptop (cell phone) in my pocket?)

Alan Dayley alandd at consultpros.com
Tue Jul 7 18:53:41 MST 2009


On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:50 PM,
kitepilot at kitepilot.com<kitepilot at 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


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