21 Nov
2003
21 Nov
'03
6:09 a.m.
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 19:36, Dave Mitton wrote:
I'm not sure if that makes me feel better, or worse :-)
but I was involved with the New England
Computer Society, a some what professional hobbyist group. Many of us
thought the original IBM PC was not a serious product. Remember it wasn't
until the XT that it got a hard drive.
I attended many NECS meetings, and after-meeting sessions at a local
restaurant! I used to also dial in to the few local BBSs; NECS, Andover
CNODE, and another board using software I can't recall... (in fact one
message posted on Andover CNODE re: 'what if BBSs sent messages to each
other across 'local call' boundaries...' was part of FidoNet's genesis;
the original authors idea was impractical, but it got me thinking.)
> > I remember the MHFU watchdog and the Vertical Retrace Interupt.
Ahh... now I
get it. I wasn't told even this much back then!!
We weren't told. I/we had to figure it out. ohh gawd, you woke the forgotten memory of the shared
HW/SW interrupt
vector.... noooo ... I won't go there..... <shreeking>
Is this like that 'recovered memory' debacle of a few years ago? Who do
we sue!!!