16 Jan
2001
16 Jan
'01
6:08 p.m.
Cameron Kaiser <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu> wrote:
Hi
This is when I learned about using silicon grease on the
fingers of the connector. When coated, I could drop it
onto a carpeted floor from table height without loss of
data. I never tried it on a hard floor but then the first
drop wasn't intended.
Dwight
The first
program I did after I got my Timex-Sinclair 1000 in
'82 was the same thing. I don't recall any longer where I got the
basic program, but it didn't have a second hand so I spent a while
keying it in and then 3-4 more hours trying to add the second hand to
it. Unfortunately, I inadvertently wiggled the machine before I was
finished and lost it all.
I'm sorry, I died laughing at this point from sympathy, since a good
thwack to my 1000's 1016 RAM pack has historically been the quickest
way to crash the machine. :-)