14 Mar
2006
14 Mar
'06
4:14 p.m.
In article <200603141308230261.0B2CD63B at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
Are my feelings pretty accurate, or do I have things
confused again?
My rememberances of being a teenager and drooling over ads in BYTE:
- Everything was expensive, but Heathkit stuff was bordering on
affordable for me
- I looked at the H19/Z19, but it had no graphics
- I wanted graphics, so gravitated to S-100 based systems
(Cromemco? SWTPC? Ohio Scientific?) because I wanted a frame
buffer
- Eventually I bought an Amiga 1000
Today, I'd rather build a system from scratch if I
wanted the experience.
Good selection of components to choose from, free PCB design software, etc.
makes it a little easier than it was back then.
Definately.
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