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Michel
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 Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: (Off-topic) Ancient computers. WAS 100LL/Ethanol Myths - Fac |
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| Quote: | From: Noel Loveys [noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca]
My first computer, a TRS 80, only had 32 Kb of memory
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Good Lord, are you that old, Noel? 
I started in 1979 with a Commodore Pet with also 32 Kb of memory but it had a different processor than the Tandy. I still have it somewhere in my basement. Maybe one day it will be a collectable item and worth a lot of money ... (wishful thinking!
Incidentally, yesterday came the official paper that I've lost my pilot license. I start now the legal process of trying to get it again ... one day. I know that some have got it back but it may take years ... 
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200 ... grounded
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Lynn Matteson
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:12 am Post subject: (Off-topic) Ancient computers. WAS 100LL/Ethanol Myths - Fac |
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I started out with a Timex-Sinclair which had 8k of memory as I
recall, and I had to add a memory "box" of some sort to hop it up to
a screaming 16k...whoopee! I later...with guidance...fitted a real
keyboard to it...lotsa wires to solder in place, but it worked just
dandy. And I still have it. In fact, I made a wooden frame to
surround the keyboard, too. Trouble was the damn things changed every
few days...the computers in those days, that is...and I got tired of
trying to keep up, so I quit trying, and became a computer recluse,
refusing to mess with the damn things until the last 10-12 years or
so...and now I'm a Mac fan just like Michel. : ) ...but nowhere NEAR
as smart.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster
Jabiru 2200, 562 hrs and holding for repairs
Status: "Condition grounded, but determined to try." (Pink
Floyd..."Learning to Fly")
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On Aug 19, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Michel Verheughe wrote:
| Quote: | > From: Noel Loveys [noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca]
> My first computer, a TRS 80, only had 32 Kb of memory
Good Lord, are you that old, Noel?
I started in 1979 with a Commodore Pet with also 32 Kb of memory
but it had a different processor than the Tandy. I still have it
somewhere in my basement. Maybe one day it will be a collectable
item and worth a lot of money ... (wishful thinking!
Incidentally, yesterday came the official paper that I've lost my
pilot license. I start now the legal process of trying to get it
again ... one day. I know that some have got it back but it may
take years ...
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200 ... grounded
Do not archive
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Float Flyr
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 2704
Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject: (Off-topic) Ancient computers. WAS 100LL/Ethanol Myths - Fac |
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My first computer the TRS80 was actually a takeoff of the Sinclair. All the
basic commands were programmed onto individual keys... I still have it but
it's been years since I hooked it up to a television set. I stored all my
programs on a cassette tape the recorder and tape are still with the
computer. I also have a hard copy of all the programs I wrote. They were
printed put on a very quiet printer that used sugar paper. They also have
been stored for close to 30 years.
Good luck on getting your license back. I had a friend who is a chopper
pilot. A couple of years ago he had a big heart attack. After open heart
surgery and almost a year on leave he wqas able to return to flying
commercially. Mind you they gave him a battery of tests that would frighten
any one. As chief flight instructor and pilot for his company he was doing
a check out of power losses in tough situations and pulled the power of the
206 downwind at less than 1000' Both pilots are still recovering from that
one. The good news is just about the only part of hin that didn't take a
lickin' in the crash was his heart.
Noel
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