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To: Rummyfan
...IBM disk drives that had all of ten-gig capacity...

You mean 10 Meg?............I remember those...........

36 posted on 12/23/2008 7:16:29 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: Red Badger
My first computer was one of these. Bought it at the old Venture department store for $99.95. Boxy, black & white graphics and a membrane keyboard that would wear out rather quickly. Took forever to load programs from the cassette recorder (it's hard drive.)



Introduced: July 1982
Price: US $99.95
CPU: Zilog Z80A, 3.25MHz
RAM: 2K, 64K max
Display: 22 X 32 text
Hooks to TV
Ports: memory, cassette
Peripherals: Cassette recorder T/S printer
OS: ROM BASIC



39 posted on 12/23/2008 7:38:43 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Resist the Obamination!)
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