To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
3.5" -- laughs sarcastically
8" floppies, 16" 96mb 5-platter hard drives.
32K was "gobs" of memory.
I programed in assembly language to force 16 bit graphics out of a 4mhz 6809
3 posted on
06/05/2006 6:01:58 PM PDT by
xcamel
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To: xcamel
In long before you 3.8 megabyte drum.
7 track 1/2 " tape drive.
Wire recorder.
My first use of a microprocessor, F 8 fairchild.
8 posted on
06/05/2006 6:11:53 PM PDT by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: xcamel
A 4 mhz 6809...luxury.
When I was a kid we had 1 mhz 6502s, 4K of ram and a 1200 baud 'tape drive'...and we loved them.
And yes we traded computer porn on them.
9 posted on
06/05/2006 6:12:40 PM PDT by
Dinsdale
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