[Cialug] computers in unusual conditions

[James Shoemaker]

David Champion wrote:
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>> But would you trade it for the lower prices, faster speeds and better
>> availability we have today?  Remember when you couldn't buy blank CDs in
>> Walgreens or Target in a pinch?
> 
> 
> <old man mode>
> Remember when there was no such thing as CD's? I had a 160k single sided 
>  single density 5.25" 1541 diskette drive on my Commodore 64 that 
> communicated over a serial bus to the computer at 1200bps. And that's 
> the way we liked it. Fiddle dee floo. It was SO much faster than the 
> Datasette it replaced. :p
> </old man mode>

	The Kmart on 2nd had 8" floppies on the shelf as late as 1992.  I 
almost bought them, but they hadn't been marked down since they were 
stocked.

James