Yes and when we first started using MS-DOS we nicknamed it mouse dos.
At that time NEWDOS 80 was much better.
Cheers,
Bill69
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I didn't know the forums were around that long :)
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Yes and when we first started using MS-DOS we nicknamed it mouse dos.
At that time NEWDOS 80 was much better.
Cheers,
Bill69
My first computer was the Acorn Electron, used to sit for hours writting a program and then watch it run for 10 seconds or so
Actually, I still have the Electron, not sure if it works though, it's been sat in the loft at my parents for a looong time.
Nathan
I have, and it is still in storage, a Xerox 621E.
When I bought it, there was an option of 5 and a quarter inch drives, or very large 8 inch drives.
Guess what I went for, yes, the larger, they could hold a massive 241K. And there was two drives, wow!!!!
Big deal now, but it was good for its time. Is an excellent word processor.
Maybe Xerox can add it to its Museum somewhere.
Unless there is some Trainzer who knows of a good museum for this relic, in beautiful condition, to see out its days.
Pete :wave:
When I bought it, there was an option of 5 and a quarter inch drives, or very large 8 inch drives.
Guess what I went for, yes, the larger, they could hold a massive 241K. And there was two drives, wow!!!!
Big deal now, but it was good for its time. Is an excellent word processor.
Maybe Xerox can add it to its Museum somewhere.
Unless there is some Trainzer who knows of a good museum for this relic, in beautiful condition, to see out its days.
Pete :wave:
OverlordNZ
Grumpy Old Bastar*
I remember a friend of mine getting all teary-eyed when he saw the first 'IBM XT" with PC-DOS..
"You mean (sniff) I can have more than one directory!!!!"
(Before this you had only a single area to put saved files)
Directory="Folder" <-- a MS marketing ploy.
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illinoiscentral
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Well hell, it was a God send when we all got telephones!:hehe:
flybynight
New member
How about throw in a TRS-80 
And if these forums where really that old, they would not be called a forum..
It would be called a Bulletion Board.
C:\format C:
C:\Are you sure?
Ok I think I have a goto 10 statment I need to run.....
And if these forums where really that old, they would not be called a forum..
It would be called a Bulletion Board.
C:\format C:
C:\Are you sure?
Ok I think I have a goto 10 statment I need to run.....
If you are interested in this stuff read about Alan Turing, who invented the computer, cracked the Enigma code and probably saved millions of lives in World War 2, then was arrested because of his personal life and committed suicide. One of England's darkest hours.
Mick Berg.
If we are going to have a debate about who invented computers can I put in a plea for Ada Lovelace. It is now recognised that both she and Charles Babbage were equal partners in the attempt to create an Analytical Engine, but that he got all the credit being a man.
As well he should...
meatloaf747
Spotter...
Not another famous Lovelace!!! (I think the world's still trying to get over "Linda") :hehe:
Cheers, Mac...
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illinoiscentral
SARM Volunteer
Remember when we got color TV? Well, I don't but my dad does!
Hell, for that matter the TV itself!
Hell, for that matter the TV itself!
OverlordNZ
Grumpy Old Bastar*
Well, I'm old enough to be your dad's father
I can hear my bones creek ..
Cheers
Good, we need more of the wise and aged ones here to guide our rudder, the experience and knowledge of those that have gone before us is priceless.
Except when it isn't...
illinoiscentral
SARM Volunteer
Good one Overlord:hehe:!
When you said, "hear my bones creak" just about was the funniest thing I've heard all night. Here's one,
1.The Beatles
2.REO Speedwagon
3.Charlie Chaplan
4.Puyi
5.Henry Ford
Now lets see how old everyone really is!!!
Cheers!!!
When you said, "hear my bones creak" just about was the funniest thing I've heard all night. Here's one,
1.The Beatles
2.REO Speedwagon
3.Charlie Chaplan
4.Puyi
5.Henry Ford
Now lets see how old everyone really is!!!
Cheers!!!
OverlordNZ
Grumpy Old Bastar*
Good one Overlord:hehe:!
When you said, "hear my bones creak" just about was the funniest thing I've heard all night. Here's one,
1.The Beatles
2.REO Speedwagon
3.Charlie Chaplan
4.Puyi
5.Henry Ford
Now lets see how old everyone really is!!!
Cheers!!!
From my "Younger Days"
The Prophet...Roger Waters..(When Pink Floyd was good)
Eagles (Hotel California)
Styx (Welcome to the Grand Illusion)
Boston (Living on a Prayer, More than a Feeling)
Journey (Anyway you want it)
Backman Turner Overdrive (Takin' Car of Business)
Now thats old..
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Genesis... before Peter Gabriel left.....
illinoiscentral
SARM Volunteer
Styx!:hehe: Geez, I think you may have bested me, oh wait...Ned Kelley. Beat That.
OverlordNZ
Grumpy Old Bastar*
Eddy Arnold (When I'm calling Yooou..oooie..oooo)
Johnny Cash (Folsom Prison Blues)
Elvis (Jailhouse Rock)
Little Richard (Rock around the Clock)
The good olde days before all the rap, punk and hip-hop crap