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Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-04 02:59:48

I remember, we did enlarge our HDDs. If a 20MB HDD was mounted with MFM, we changed it to a RLL-controller and got 32MB..

KAMasud: BAM!ID: 7927; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 1116; Credits: 5,326,383,389; World-rank: 665

2023-05-04 12:11:35

Wow! We started off with 5.5-inch floppies as HDD.

KAMasud: BAM!ID: 7927; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 1116; Credits: 5,326,383,389; World-rank: 665

2023-05-04 12:18:08

@liard. Or was it 5.25 inches? Anyways, yes there are lots of 32-bit OS around and people must be using it, nostalgia?

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-04 15:49:53

@KAMasud: 5.25" up to 1.2 MB DD and the latest model FD 3.5" 1.44MB DD. SD was half that capacity.

KAMasud: BAM!ID: 7927; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 1116; Credits: 5,326,383,389; World-rank: 665

2023-05-04 17:41:52

I thought so. Are we not showing our vintage to the World at large? Started with GWBasic.

Dr Who Fan: BAM!ID: 1075; Joined: 2006-05-31; Posts: 984; Credits: 159,287,122; World-rank: 8,618

2023-05-04 19:13:17

@KAMasud etc all... I was taught programming on an IBM SYSTEM 34 mini-computer with 8 inch floppies & punch cards in HS

Dr Who Fan: BAM!ID: 1075; Joined: 2006-05-31; Posts: 984; Credits: 159,287,122; World-rank: 8,618

2023-05-04 19:15:31

... favorite "game" to play was the 'card deck shuffle' on unsuspecting students

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,713,419; World-rank: 754

2023-05-04 23:52:15

I did punch cards in HS, math teacher had a remote card reader connected to the mainframe at Seattle U. Hi Tech!

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-05 04:43:23

Began IT-A training in 2001. We supplied personal data on "old media". I had a CP/M with 8" FD, another had a punch card.

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-05 04:48:57

GW-basic came with MS-DOS. My favorite was the TRS-80. Still have an original sealed MS-DOS 3.3 and 5.0, with GW !

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,713,419; World-rank: 754

2023-05-05 11:09:16

1/2 At US Naval Academy in early 80's, Computer Ctr. had terminals connected to Honeywell mainframe...

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,713,419; World-rank: 754

2023-05-05 11:10:44

2/2 ...Some games were available incl. football. Favorite line, "Game delayed, dog on field."

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-05 15:07:32

@Stacie: Remember the terminals well. Initially had 5 connected to "Server"; an XT with 2 X FDD as Master Dbase.

Dr Who Fan: BAM!ID: 1075; Joined: 2006-05-31; Posts: 984; Credits: 159,287,122; World-rank: 8,618

2023-05-05 19:15:22

Anyone remember VisiCalc - predecessor to Lotus 1-2-3? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visicalc

TPCBF: BAM!ID: 94441; Joined: 2010-12-21; Posts: 190; Credits: 0; World-rank: 0

2023-05-05 20:54:26

@LotwWH There was no TRS-80 with MS-DOS. That would be any of the later Tandy models. Same company, different model series

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-06 03:33:17

TBCBF: You're right. But there's a life without Bill Gates.

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-06 04:02:16

@Dr Who Fan: Keen by name, but never worked it.

Jimmothy: BAM!ID: 244588; Joined: 2023-04-29; Posts: 0; Credits: 18,814,812; World-rank: 36,356

2023-05-06 15:25:39

Speaking of older data formats, I had someone at work asking around a bit back if anyone could open a Wingz spreadsheet...

KAMasud: BAM!ID: 7927; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 1116; Credits: 5,326,383,389; World-rank: 665

2023-05-07 04:01:23

@Laird. Do you remember those cars that had to be hand-cranked from the front to start? Let us find out if it is fine vintage

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-07 04:03:58

@Jimmothy: Ran under older Unix, there's a possibility that a Linux version can handle it. -Try asking in a Linux forum.

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-07 04:06:28

@KAMasud: Sorry. They are too old for me. Too little driving, too much maintenance.

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-07 04:17:17

@Jimmohy: I think you have a lucky day. Look at this: www.sai.msu.su/sal/G/4/WINGZ.html

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,713,419; World-rank: 754

2023-05-07 08:11:20

@KAMasud I've owned a couple motorcycles that had kick-starters. Does that count?

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,713,419; World-rank: 754

2023-05-07 08:13:51

..Also played w/ MC's that had manual spark advance. Unfriendly if you forgot to retard spark timing before using kick start.

Laird o' th' wee White Hoose: BAM!ID: 53612; Joined: 2008-06-03; Posts: 732; Credits: 5,343,786,328; World-rank: 662

2023-05-07 14:09:34

@Stacie: I have always enjoyed my MCs, big as small. All had advantages and disadvantages.

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