7 Dec
2007
7 Dec
'07
10:25 a.m.
So, I turn on the computer this morning, go to www.cnn.com to see the
latest Britney Spears news ('cause CNN reports on ALL of the important
stuff like that) and what do I see on the front page?
A Commodore 64 story!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html
Thomas "PDP-11" Dzubin
Calgary, Vancouver, or Saskatoon
7 Dec
7 Dec
11:45 a.m.
So, I turn on the computer this morning, go to www.cnn.com to see the
latest Britney Spears news ('cause CNN reports on ALL of the important
stuff like that) and what do I see on the front page?
A Commodore 64 story!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html
Thomas "PDP-11" Dzubin
Calgary, Vancouver, or Saskatoon
Lest anyone forgot -- we've still got the Peddle lecture posted at
http://www.youtube.com/user/hazydave -- he begins approx. 15-16 minutes
into part 1 of the four video segments.
1:35 p.m.
dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
So, I turn on the computer this morning, go to
www.cnn.com to see the
latest Britney Spears news ('cause CNN reports on ALL of the important
stuff like that) and what do I see on the front page?
A Commodore 64 story!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html
Forget all that! Spears or C-64's.[1]
Just drop off a PDP-11 on your next trip between Calgary and Saskatoon.
Take the NOTHERN route via Cold Lake. :)
Thomas "PDP-11" Dzubin
Calgary, Vancouver, or Saskatoon
[1] Both a I can find still easy, a PDP 11 is a
real computer
in the sence it was designed for computing vs control of a dumb terminal.
6:45 p.m.
dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
So, I turn on the computer this morning, go to
www.cnn.com to see the
latest Britney Spears news ('cause CNN reports on ALL of the important
stuff like that) and what do I see on the front page?
A Commodore 64 story!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html
Pic #12 has a shot of the basement here. Enjoy.
6:52 p.m.
And thusly were the wise words spake by Jim Brain
dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
The wall of happy Commodores! :D Very cool!
Cheers,
Bryan
So, I turn on the computer this morning, go to
www.cnn.com to see the
latest Britney Spears news ('cause CNN reports on ALL of the important
stuff like that) and what do I see on the front page?
A Commodore 64 story!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html
Pic #12 has a shot of the basement here. Enjoy.
7:15 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
So, I turn on the computer this morning, go to
www.cnn.com to see the
latest Britney Spears news ('cause CNN reports on ALL of the important
stuff like that) and what do I see on the front page?
A Commodore 64 story!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html
How can I get those videos? All I get are blanks.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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