Born in 1954. Got the computer bug in the late 1970's. My first
machine was a no-name 8080 based SBC that I purchased as a kit. Of
course I didn't know their idea of a kit was was bare board and a big
bag of parts. But it worked and I was on my way.
--
www.blackcube.org The Texas State Home for Wayward and Orphaned Computers
Nico de Jong wrote:
>>Sellam wrote :
>>
>>That's fine, because if you play your cards right you'll most likely end
>>up out-living most of us here and then you can piss on all our graves.
>>
>
> It could be interesting to know the age"spread" of thist list contributors,
> and how long we've had the computer virus under our skin.
> I myself turn 60 next time, and have been in this business sinc 1967 or so,
I am not nearly old enough to really be a member of this list. :-) My father
was a tech writer with teletype and he would bring home various toys, like a
vt100 line/signal analyzer (hope I'm remembering that properly) and various
computer-like things. In 1980, I played Adventure on an Osborne luggable; in
1983 I connected to BBSes and Compuserve using a (rich) friend's IBM PC Model
5150; also did much (MUCH) Apple II stuff in school from 1980-1985. In 1985 I
got my very own PC clone and, being an antisocial nerd, I went crazy with it.
Maybe a better way to understand myself and my background is to look at my
collection, which is mostly 1980-era personal computers, including stuff like:
2 5150s
1 5160 clone
1 XT/286 (NOT AT, the XT/286, can't remember exact model number)
2 C64s (NTSC)
1 Timex Sinclair 1000 with various tapes and expansions
1 Mac 512
1 Mac SE
6 Amigas (2 A500s, 1 A1200, 2 A4000s, 1 A3000)
I also tend to like wacko x86 hardware:
2 PS/2 Model 25s
2 Panasonic Sr. Partners (luggables with built-in thermal printers)
1 AT&T PC 6300 (my first clone, still works, upgraded in crazy ways)
2 PCjrs with various sidecars, ROM carts, add-ons
Various Tandys (Tandy 1000, 1000HD, TL/2, maybe others)
I still program for x86 and last year I won a competition for programming a
stock IBM 5150 (4.77Mhz, 8088, 640K RAM, Sound Blaster Pro, CGA, 10MB MFM) to
display 30 frame-per-second full-screen video sync'd with 22Khz sound. This
same program is up for an award in March at Breakpoint 2005 for Best Original
Production. I am still developing the technology (up to 60fps now and 44KHz
audio) and hopefully will have something even more impressive for next year.
--
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/
Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/
Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
Computer Collector Newsletter <news(a)computercollector.com> wrote:
> Do you mean you use a classic computer as your ** primary ** machine, or just
> that you happen to use it ** once in a while ** for your current work?
The former. I do not own any non-Classic computers and never will.
I do not use any non-Classic operating systems and never will.
> RE: people who use classic computers as their primary machine, not including
> those of you on the list who work for computer museums -- I'm very curious how
> many of you exist.
I think, therefore I exist. Cogito ergo sum.
> And, do you use classic computers by 1.) choice, 2.) lack
> of budget, or 3.) technological need (that is, legacy connectivity)...?
1.
> But in day-to-day
> 'real life', I can't fathom using anything other than a modern system running
> some equally modern version of Unix or Windows.
The fact that you can't fathom it signifies nothing but a limitation of your
imagination. It is possible and I am the living proof. I believe our Prof.
Tony Duell is the same way.
> but how do you handle it in the real world
Define "real world". My reality is different from yours.
> where people may tell you "Sorry, our company only does business in
> Microsoft"...?
I don't do any business with companies other than to shoot them.
I'm a Marxist-Leninist Communist revolutionary.
MS
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Ronald Wayne wrote:
> Which version of the OS are you using?
6.0.1
> System 6.0.1 for the Apple IIgs is available as a free download from
> Apple (check here:
> http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html). It does
> include support for HFS if you chose to install it. Can you just grab
> the file from the floppy and drop it on the hard drive's system
> folder? I would imagine so, but I never tried it. Using the
> installer is slightly easier (albeit slower).
I copied the file directly into the FSTS directory. Should I have used
the installer?
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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