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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Kids react to old computers |
| Date | 2014-07-08 00:17 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnlrme4l.139.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <lm3vqp$l2f$1@news.sap-ag.de> <1lmdffk.yb292zewl08dN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <290520140858229166%YourName@YourISP.com> <proto-85B58D.09061907072014@news.panix.com> <2014070714042810404-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Okay, so one time? In band camp? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> was all, like:
--> Mon, 7 Jul 2014 14:04:28 -0700 <2014070714042810404-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>
> On 2014-07-07 13:06:19 +0000, Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> said:
>> In article <290520140858229166%YourName@YourISP.com>,
>> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The Atari TOS was awful for a supposedly
>>> superior machine, it was barely better than using the C64 GUI with a
>>> joystick, which was horrible enough.
>>
>> I had a friend with a C64 and it took 45 minutes to load Donkey Kong.
> It sounds as if he was using the data cassette. Why didn't he have the
> Donkey Kong ROM?
> I remember when they first came out with a dual floppy drive for the
> C64, that changed the C64 I/O speed conciderably.
Only in comparison to the data cassette. The C64 disk was the slowest
floppy disk drive I ever used, even slower than the floppy disk for the
Atari 800.
--
Silence filled the University in the same way that air fills a hole.
Night spread across the Disk like plum jam, or possibly blackberry
preserve. But there would be a morning. There would always be another
morning. --Sourcery
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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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