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Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate

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-=> Bo Holt wrote to Dr. What <=-

 BH> Sometimes I think back and realize we were still in the very early days
 BH> of microcomputing, and there was still no standard set yet,

Yup.  I remember the first 3 home computers and how they all tried various
things.

Later, all took feedback and improved that on the next models.

 BH> and no one
 BH> knew just how much computers would permeate our daily lives, for better
 BH> or for worse...

I don't think anyone had any idea about that until the mid-80's.  Even then, I
don't think they knew, or didn't want to know.

 BH> I say for worse as that's why we still call BBSes,
 BH> where it still takes more than a pulse to use them LOL.

In the early days of dial-up communications, you need to either know someone or
know something to get on line.

So a smart person, who was a jerk, could get online.  But since he was smart,
he contributed and people put up with him.
A not-too-smart person, who was nice, could get a smart person to help him.
But since he was nice, people enjoyed having him online.

The not-too-smart jerks couldn't get on line.

Then along came AOL....


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