[olug] "I remember when..."

[Sam Tetherow]

First computer we as TRS-80 Model 1 with 32k expansion pack and worn 
drive (cassette, write once, read never).  Actually got rid of it last 
year.  Had original receipts and I paid over $1000 for the dot matrix 
line print that came with it.  Second machine was an Apple IIc witch I 
only paid $800 for it.  If you are looking for a blast from the past, 
check out Bryan Lunduke (BryanLAS)'s ustream feed 
(http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bryanlunduke) he is running old computer 
chronicles when not broadcasting live.

    Sam Tetherow

Dan Linder wrote:
> (I'll change the subject to avoid hijacking the Ubuntu thread.)
>
> Will Langford wrote:
>   
>>> Heck I even appreciate the fact that Bill Gates/Microsoft made cheap
>>> hardware a reality.  I remember spending $5K+ for my first machines in
>>> the pre win95 days.
>>>       
>
> Sam Tetherow wrote:
>   
>> 89 was my first PC
>>     
>
> Hmmm, does my Timex Sinclair 1000 count as a "PC"? ;-)  That was around 83.
>
> If you need the "Intel Inside", how about my "DEC Rainbow 100A" (with both a
> Z80 for CPM, and an 8088 for MS-DOS) - that was about 1984 (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_100).  (And my dad cringed at the
> $5,000 price tag...but we did get it used and it came with a 5MB HDD!)
>
> Dan "Where's my cane and hearing aid batteries..?"
>
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