[TheForge] Excessive scaling?

[George Rousis]

i had an Adam with digital data packs as well it was the biggest  
thing on the market at the time.
george
On Dec 10, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Rick wrote:

> Hey David -
>
> I also had a TI-99.  With a tape drive.  I haven't heard from  
> anyone else who had one, ever.  I made programs to teach my kids  
> their math, and other stuff also.  I made it into a game for them  
> and it doesn't seem to have hurt them.  They are grown now, so it  
> didn't kill them at least.  Even as high-tech as we were,  
> everything seemed much simpler then.  I really miss DOS and BASIC  
> now and again.
>
> |8^)>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hufford, David"  
> <David.Hufford at EKU.EDU>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:03 AM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Excessive scaling?
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> Frosty:
> I still use DOS occasionally, and also a couple of programs I wrote  
> in BASIC back in the 80's.  And you had a Commodore 64 ... lucky  
> you!  I had the TI-99 ... 16K RAM and no floppy disk drive (had to  
> use a cassette recorder to save data).  I really wanted the TRS-80,  
> but could not afford it at the time.  Ah, those early days of  
> computer technology.
>
> David Hufford
> Richmond KY
>
> I kind of liked the days of DOS, the programmers had to
> be really careful how much memory they used and things
> ran so much more smoothly. I liked Basic too. maybe
> I'll break out my Commodore 64 for old times sake.
> <grin>
>
> Glad you got to see the video. Did you check out the
> "ring welding" video? Makes me glad electric welding is
> pretty well perfected. <grin>
>
> Frosty
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