[SOC] Shud've kept that one

[Chris Lashmar]

Back in the dark ages  IBM etc elliot 803 things with flowy things I  card
reader .magnetic tapes ferrite memory Impact printers IBM golf ball
machines etc happy days machine code all day programme

On Thu, 21 May 2020, 17:47 Brian Howie, <brian at b-howie.co.uk> wrote:

> In message <e9c70433-982c-8cea-84ce-ff58547ef47b at hintlink.com>, "Paul
> Evans, W4/VP9KF" <w4vp9kf at hintlink.com> writes
> >You shud've kept that Apple ][. It's a time machine!
> >
> >The Apple ][ was launched in June 1977, didn't ship until November 1977
> >and didn't reach the UK until a little while later........
> >
> >I remember because it was University times and our supervisor bought
> >one. Wow! The BBC Micro was vastly superior (let flame war begin).
>
> We used the Apple II at work  in the 1980s to control test equipment and
> to develop equipment software. We had quite a lot of them. We used to
> hang around after work to play Wavy Navy on them . Other games were
> available but that was the most popular.
>
> Brian GM4DIJ
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