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Re: Kids react to old computers

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Kids react to old computers
Date 2014-07-08 13:59 +1000
Message-ID <c218miFmbbeU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (5 earlier) <1lmdffk.yb292zewl08dN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <290520140858229166%YourName@YourISP.com> <proto-85B58D.09061907072014@news.panix.com> <080720140917079698%YourName@YourISP.com> <proto-A3ED91.22441807072014@news.panix.com>

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Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote 
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote
 
>> That would be from tape. Use the disk version 
>> in a disk drive and it would load faster.
> 
> Disk drives in those days cost serious money. 

Same price as the C64 itself. 

>> Castle Wolfenstein (the original, not the much later silly 3D-erised
>> nonsense) used to take about five minutes to load on the Apple ][ from
>> disk ... sometimes you then got killed after three minutes playing and
>> have to wait for it to load all over again. (Thank goodness for the
>> Turbo Boost mode on the Apple ][ emulator!)

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Re: Kids react to old computers Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 09:06 -0400
  Re: Kids react to old computers Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-07-07 14:04 -0700
    Re: Kids react to old computers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-08 00:17 +0000
      Re: Kids react to old computers Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> - 2014-07-08 14:36 -0600
        Re: Kids react to old computers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-09 01:12 +0000
          Re: Kids react to old computers JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-07-08 21:22 -0400
            Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-09 13:40 +1200
              Re: Kids react to old computers Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> - 2014-07-09 15:13 -0600
                Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-10 09:34 +1200
            Re: Kids react to old computers Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> - 2014-07-09 08:03 -0600
              Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-10 09:18 +1200
        Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-09 13:42 +1200
    Re: Kids react to old computers Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 22:43 -0400
  Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 09:17 +1200
    Re: Kids react to old computers Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 22:44 -0400
      Re: Kids react to old computers "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-07-08 13:59 +1000
      Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 16:10 +1200

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