[Cialug] computers in unusual conditions

[Dan Hockey AAS/ASE]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Champion" <dave@visionary.com>
To: <cialug@cialug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] computers in unusual conditions


> 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>

better yet, how 'bout the the 8" floppies the xeox 820 used.
-dh