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1981 Internet story
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says... In article , says... (Snip) My first computer was a Sinclair that you hooked to the TV. Learned DOS on it, then on to TRS-80 which wasn't an "IBM word processor" by the way, it was a Radio Shack. The Trash80 had a max of useable RAM of about 30K. To fit into that Radio Shack devised a superb word processing program the name of which now escapes me. I use the TRS WP as long as I had the TRS80, which, by the way, originally had no lower case. Eventually you could buy a chip and insert it to get lower case. My clients were not pleased to receive text in teletype form. So I would compose the text and hand it to my wife who then typed up a proper copy with upper and lower case. My printer in those days was an enormous Anderson-Jacobson terminal which had an IBM mechanism including the golf ball typehead. Scripsit!!! |
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F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/30/13 8:44 AM, Gogarty wrote: In article , says... (Snip) I was on CIS and for a while on another similar provider, the name of which I don't recall...wait a minute, was it The Source? I am proud that I never tried AOL. It was The Source. Thanks for jolting my memory. Never did AOL or Compuserve. My equipment was all Radio Shack -- TRS80 and TRS100 laptop. That was a really usefful machine. Ran on AA batteries, used acoustic cups with modem. We were early computerized travellers. Really started witha huge IBM word processor in 1970. Ahh, the Trash80. Lots of my friends had that one. They all called it their Trash80. My first "computer" was an IBM MT/ST. It wasn't mine, actually, but when I worked at the teachers union, my secretary was the "operator." It was a large, clunky memory typewriter that used selectric like type balls. I had to run it on occasion on weekends to produce crap for board meetings. It was just awful. I learned Basic programming with my first PC, an IBM PC. Very frustrating at first because just about everything I input came back with "syntax error" errors. Cursed a lot...as a guy with two degrees in English, I did not make "syntax errors," but of course these were syntax errors of a completely different variety. I had a freebie account at The Source because a friend had the company as an advertising and PR account and he had "freebie" accounts to give out. Two degrees? The BS continues. |
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:40:19 -0400, Gogarty wrote: My printer in those days was an enormous Anderson-Jacobson terminal which had an IBM mechanism including the golf ball typehead. I can't begin to tell you how much we liked the dot matrix printer when it started replacing all of those Selectric based consoles. The selectric was an improvement over the NCR 315 console which was originally an IBM typewriter pre Selectric with solenoids to trip the hammer. Then we had on the later model a Teletype receive only terminal that was super light duty, that was designed to turn on only while a message was being received. We ran the shafts in oilite bushings 24/7. Cut grooves in the shaft. PIA to rebuild. |
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