22 May
2017
22 May
'17
1:03 p.m.
I had an employee of an electronics store tell me that the IBM modem software on the
5.25" floppy for Windows would work fine on my Macintosh... in the days long before
Macintosh systems used non-Motorola processors.
That was a fun 'discussion'.
From: "cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>, "cctalk" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 12:57:52 PM
Subject: Re: Teletype 43
On Mon, 22 May 2017, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 22 May 2017, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
My jaw would not only have dropped at that statement, but it likely
would've broken the hinge as well.
It reminds me of the time a cow-orker went to the local Radio Shack
looking for a GasFET and was told he'd have better luck at an auto parts
store.
g.
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Does your PC have real RS232? A lot of
"RS232" ports are serial ports, but
not with correct RS232 levels. If you have "TTL RS232" [sic] it won't work
with an actual RS232 port.
The "CLASSIC" example: manager of the Radio Shack Computer Center told me
that the TRS80 Model 1 Expansion Interface RS-232 board was, "by definition"
completely "standard" for RS-232, since "RS-232" stood for
"RADIO SHACK 232".