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Cc: Dave <dave1massey@cs.com>; triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
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<div>Ok, first computer was a Tandy TRS 80, model II. 64k ram and two 8" floppy drives, circa, 1983. The program (yes, one) was a word processor and was loaded via the a drive. I am not sure I ever used the b drive. It was $4k+ ($15kin today's dollars) ' I remember because I had to take out a bank loan to buy it, but I am pretty sure it was the first computer in a law office downstate. I remember the deciding factor was that is "supported" capital letter (the first Apple did not). </div>
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On Apr 17, 2017, at 8:21 AM, Michael Marr <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:mmarr@albiontechnical.com">mmarr@albiontechnical.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>My first "real" computer was a Toshiba (I think) laptop, equipped with two 3.5" floppy drives. Software resided on disks inserted in the A drive and data was written to the B drive. I bought it through a PC purchase program at work. It was very expensive
but my company offered a zero percent long term loan, which made it affordable. It game with a software suite called Smart, a competitor to Lotus Notes. To change from the word processor to the spreadsheet, there was a "suspend" routine that enabled you to
remove the WP floppy and replace it with the spreadsheet floppy before resuming your work. Very cumbersome! There were also floppies for a database program some other components. Needless to say, Smart did not last too long. </div>
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On Apr 17, 2017, at 06:28, Dave <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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hours just to see it all disappear after one very short power glitch. My next computer was a PC XT with real floppy disc drives that actually worked.<br>
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From: Michael Marr <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:mmarr@albiontechnical.com">mmarr@albiontechnical.com</a>><br>
To: Dave <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>><br>
Cc: pethier7 <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:pethier7@gmail.com">pethier7@gmail.com</a>>; triumphs <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
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<div>I don't remember what happened to mine. I know I had the cables that allowed me to store programs on a regular cassette player. I wrote some very rudimentary course plotting programs in basic, that included the ability to add waypoints. </div>
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On Apr 16, 2017, at 07:12, Dave <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Cc: Dave <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dave1massey@cs.com</a>>; Triumphs <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
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On Apr 15, 2017, at 19:56, Philip Ethier <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pethier7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font size="3">I wasn't a subscriber at the start but I remember, back in the mid 90's, dragging my old AT laptop, mouse external dial-up modem into the hotel room, looked up the local access
dial-up number, down loaded the digest, copied it into a text editor to type my responses off-line, then reconnected to send out the responses. I thought it was the neatest thing. Looking back, what a PITA. But it was still worth it.</font></font></blockquote>
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