I had one, it was hot garbage. But since the printer was daisy wheel, the quality was a lot higher than the Epson 9 pin dot matrix I had on my IBM PC.In the 70's Coleco Industries produce a computer that came in a big box along with a printer. It was called the Adam. Had a lot of problems.
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I got a commodore 64 for my graduation gift. I bought myself a phone with a built in Modem. I got a compuserve account but I could not use it very often because the long distance charges were too much to call the dial up number. I bought alot of stuff from a company called DaK enterprises anyone else remember them.
It was about 35 pounds if I remember correctly.
I don't recall DaK, but I'll never forget the sound of the modem dialing up. First 14.4 then 56.6. Now, if it's not gig-speed we're all bitchin.
My first modem was 300 baud (1982). I didn't get 14.4k until over 10 years laterI don't recall DaK, but I'll never forget the sound of the modem dialing up. First 14.4 then 56.6. Now, if it's not gig-speed we're all bitchin.
I remember using external Hayes and Motorola modems in the mid-80s. The Hayes seemed to work better and supposedly due to them not performing as much error checking.
I'd give my left nut for a Curta. The design is brilliant.
We had one of those (dad was a TI employee in Austin). That came after the 99 that I learned basic on.
Still have my Texas Instruments SR-10 my first, and the Sharp EL-512 my last . The Sharp still works.
'67-'68 I wrote the first program to set Linotype remotely from a teletype machine. Used an IBM 1170 desk computer. (Yes, the 'minicomputer' was an entire desk) 75" 'cake dish' hard drive - NO DOS, wasn't invented yet. You had to keep a paper disk log of where you put what field. Loose the paper log, lose all info on the disc. You are most likely using some of my code to post to this thread. Never went into the programming business, as it payed minimum wage, $1.90 at the time. Elevator apprentice payed $2.83 and a 1/2.
Flew down to Austin around 1986 to obtain some training from a specific person. He was a member of technical staff which was like a senior director position back then for IT people, most who were self taught. He was a long haired hippy that carried around a shoulder purse. The PC he used in his office was a luggable on a lazy Susan.
I had to google what that model was. The oldest machine I ever used was a PDP-11 (remotely over modem) in high school.
PDP 11/70 was the "main" computer we used at the university.
remember shotguning modems for insane speeds?
Well, unfortunately I don't get to use them much (not MY choice), so not a big loss.
