Packrat genome project questions

The first computer I ever owned was a Commodore64. I don't have it anymore. I ended up throwing it out. I was _not_ a member of this list then or I would have kept it or offered it to someone. Not sure if an HP-45 calculator counts as a "computer", but I had that in college. I used it for several years even when the battery died out and couldn't be replaced (used it on the cord). Threw it out (again, not a member). I probably would have kept it if I could have had a replacement for the battery... (please don't tell me there is.. sigh). Then, I had a vt100 terminal connected to a 1200 baud external modem. I used that to dial in to a BBS. I don't have that anymore. My first PC, is the one I am typing at now: Micron Millennia MMx, P166MMX. I now have several Apollo's and several VAXen. Also, an IBM Thinkpad on the other side of the ocean waiting for me to pick up. My earliest experience with computers in college was at a printer terminal. It was 1973 at Merrimack College. I have no idea what it was connected to but I remember making a "program" to print out biorhythms. ---end of "flashback". Bill Amsterdam, NL On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 10:28:58AM -0800, Mike Ford wrote: