07-30-20 12:24 Nick Andre wrote to Ed Vance about Re: NoScript
Howdy! Again Nick,
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NA> On 29 Jul 20 22:29:00, Ed Vance said the following to Nick Andre:
EV> I'm a bit more knowledgeable about this here computer stuff that I was back
EV> in 1984 when I bought a Floppy Drive instead of a Cassette Drive when I got
EV> my Commodore 64 pc.
NA> I first got into computing with the Vic 20 and the cassette drive...
NA> wrote a lot of BASIC programs and some assembler.
I used the Demo Vic=20 in some stores along with trying Atari 400 and 800 and
the Texas Instruments TI-99/4, Radio Shacks TRS-80,Apples Apple ][ and MacIntosh
pc's but decided to get the C=64 as my first computer.
Some friends I met on Ham Radio had Apple ]['s but the asking price was
USD $300.00 more than the C=64, 1541 and VicModem 300 I bought.
A friend at Church had a TRS-80 Model 1 that stored programs on Cassette
Tapes but I saw that the Floppy Drive on a Apple ][ was quicker Loading and
Saving programs and decided to spend the extra money to get the 1541 FDD with
the C=64.
I said this before but that friend with the TRS-80 pc got a C=64 a few months
prior to my buying one.
He didn't have a Cassette Drive, only the pc, and told me it hurt him to type
a Basic Listing in and after Running it turning the pc off and lose his work.
I told him about a 7414
EV> When he went to the Parts Store he would buy enough of that component to
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EV> able to fix that faulty TV Set, AND to be able to quickly fix the next
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EV> of Sets that would need the same repair job.
EV> That sounds like something You would probably do too.
NA> Yes I worked in a shop as part of a larger organization that had to
NA> keep a steady supply of replacement keyboards/touchpads and power
NA> supplies for a bunch of Dell laptops that were in use at the time. All
NA> exact models.
NA> Nick
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