[GreenKeys] COMPUTER OPERATION AND AUTOSTART NETS

[BOB LAAG]

BACK IN THOSE DAYS I WAS ONLY ABLE TO LISTEN...  I LISTENED AND HAD 
RECEIVERS DEDICATED TO BOTH 80 MTRS AS WELL AS 20 MTRS ON 3612.5 AND 
14087 OR WHATEVER...  I COULD NOT TRANSMIT AS I COULD NOT GET A 
TRANSMITTER BUT RECEIVED AND HAD FUN...  WE USED TWO METERS LOCALLY AND 
HAD A REGENERATING REPEATER ON 2 MTRS...

I ALSO STARTED WRITING A PROGRAM IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE FOR MY ' COMPUTER 
AUTOMATION ' COMMERCIAL MAIN FRAME MINI COMPUTERS A HAD IT RUNNING ABOUT 
1980...  I GOT INFO FROM BOB,  WB6ZIR WHO HAD JUST WRITTEN A PROGRAM FOR 
HIS 6800 MACHINE  AND I GOT INTERESTED AND STARTED WRITING...  IT WAS 
NEAT AND A REAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE...  CENTERING ON THE BITS BEING 
RECEIVED AND THEN OUTPUTTING BITS AND BUMPING BUFFERS AND EVEN CREATING 
A MAILBOX THAT COULD EVEN TAKE MESSAGES OR PLAY TEST MESSAGES...  LOTSA 
FUN...