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Bill Longman wrote: |
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> I had the little cassette thing to store my stuff on. I think the |
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> OS in on a ROM which would be hard to get around unless the ROM |
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> was changed. Then it may not really be a Vic-20 anymore. I'm not |
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> sure about the C64 since I got me a 20Mhz oscilloscope to work on |
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> TVs and stuff. I still got the scope tho. |
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> My biggest use for my old Vic-20 was a alarm clock. Worked fine |
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> unless the power went out. Well, that sounds like todays alarm |
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> clock. lol I guess some things never change. |
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> That's really funny, Dale. That brings back memories (and more than 5K |
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> of them!). My dad gave me a VIC-20 when I was in college and I used it |
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> for several years. I wrote lots of BASIC apps to ease all the |
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> ciphering I had to do for enzyme kinetics, chemistry labs and things |
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> like that. I had a cassette tape which was slow but it was a heck of a |
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> lot faster than typing in your program every time! |
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> Bill Longman |
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The embarrassing part for me was when we got a Atari. My Dad played |
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missile command and got well over a million points on that thing. He |
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was like a little kid on that thing. Me, I liked the little chicken |
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crossing the road. The cassette tape was nice. I had to walk about 6 |
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miles to buy mine. It was the last one they had too. |
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I already feel old but I think I'm really getting old now. It is |
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amazing how far computer have come tho. Both in hardware and the OS, |
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well, except for windoze. It hasn't come that far yet. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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