Radio Shack
Feb 17, 2019 14:05:35 #
Here goes another try to use the new operating system.
Don't you just love it when you switch over to a new system?
And the answer is running two systems with screen sharing
produced the problem.
Don't you just love it when you switch over to a new system?
And the answer is running two systems with screen sharing
produced the problem.
Feb 17, 2019 14:08:48 #
Thanks for the reminder. I forgot I still have a KVM switch!
(And copy&paste doesn't work worth a crap either!
)
(And copy&paste doesn't work worth a crap either!
)Feb 18, 2019 06:00:05 #
Longshadow wrote:
I miss it (when they carried LOTS of pieces parts) and Lafayette Radio.
LOL. Yes, I do remember Radio Shack/Tandy (trash-80 computer) and "Laugh-at-it" Radio.
But then there was Heathkit....kept me busy for hours!
Feb 18, 2019 06:35:59 #
Pixelmaster wrote:
The other day I was looking at some of my old phot... (show quote)
There is a Radio Shack within 20 miles of me. https://www.radioshack.com/
Feb 18, 2019 06:52:05 #
Feb 18, 2019 07:19:35 #
Rich1939 I recall Tandy/Radio Shack in Nashville, it was spectacular. It had a central area which was entertaining... and 8 arms for different specialties... one for Software, one for children, an Audio, a TV, Computer and so on.
If ever I was bored, it was the place to go... it was mind exciting refreshing... each month new computers, new whatevers
Let us take a moment of silence and remember the loved Trash 80 ... "The TRS-80 Micro Computer System is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80
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Largobob ... wow, such excitement when the box from Heathkit was delivered. I recall sitting and working and not eating all day... building and picture wiring was a passion.
http://www.pastcatalogs.com/heath/Heathkit_1958.pdf
If ever I was bored, it was the place to go... it was mind exciting refreshing... each month new computers, new whatevers
Let us take a moment of silence and remember the loved Trash 80 ... "The TRS-80 Micro Computer System is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80
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Largobob ... wow, such excitement when the box from Heathkit was delivered. I recall sitting and working and not eating all day... building and picture wiring was a passion.
http://www.pastcatalogs.com/heath/Heathkit_1958.pdf
Feb 18, 2019 07:26:24 #
dpullum wrote:
Rich1939 I recall Tandy/Radio Shack in Nashville, ... (show quote)
My college roommate and I would assemble Heathkit components (mostly audio amps and pre-amps) for other students. We charged a "flat" fee for assembly, and would guarantee successful operation. Those were the days.
Feb 18, 2019 07:37:46 #
Largobob wrote:
LOL. Yes, I do remember Radio Shack/Tandy (trash-80 computer) and "Laugh-at-it" Radio.
But then there was Heathkit....kept me busy for hours!
But then there was Heathkit....kept me busy for hours!
(I forgot the nickname for the TRS-80!
)Feb 18, 2019 07:41:24 #
Nikonnorm wrote:
It's now called The Source.
https://www.thesource.ca/en-ca/shopFlyer
https://www.thesource.ca/en-ca/shopFlyer
Sorry, Mate.....not at all the same.
Feb 18, 2019 07:50:55 #
Longshadow wrote:
(I forgot the nickname for the TRS-80! )
(I forgot the nickname for the TRS-80!
)I'm not sure whether the name "Mickey Mouse" actually came from Walt Disney, or from the cassette tape drives of the TRS-80... How did we ever survive.
Feb 18, 2019 07:54:01 #
Feb 18, 2019 08:08:10 #
Largobob wrote:
I'm not sure whether the name "Mickey Mouse" actually came from Walt Disney, or from the cassette tape drives of the TRS-80... How did we ever survive.
Yup, yup, yup.
Then we (a group of us) found that DEC made a dual 5-1/4 floppy that would interface with the disk controller "cartridge". NO MORE TAPE! Discs 0 & 1!
And of course we flew & daisy chained the added address lead on 64K memory chips, making it a 64K machine!!!
Boy were we happy!!!
Feb 18, 2019 08:39:23 #
Feb 18, 2019 08:40:33 #
Feb 18, 2019 08:43:48 #
Longshadow wrote:
Yup, yup, yup.
Then we (a group of us) found that DEC made a dual 5-1/4 floppy that would interface with the disk controller "cartridge". NO MORE TAPE! Discs 0 & 1!
And of course we flew & daisy chained the added address lead on 64K memory chips, making it a 64K machine!!!
Boy were we happy!!!
Then we (a group of us) found that DEC made a dual 5-1/4 floppy that would interface with the disk controller "cartridge". NO MORE TAPE! Discs 0 & 1!
And of course we flew & daisy chained the added address lead on 64K memory chips, making it a 64K machine!!!
Boy were we happy!!!
I took engineering courses as electives in college ('67-'72), including several 'Computer' courses. Programming languages included binary/hex/machine code, assembler, BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, etc. Later, as a Secondary Science Teacher, I got a job at a local Science Center that had a Honeywell Mainframe that it transitioned for "timesharing" applications. It was great fun. Our students re-wrote the entire operating system, to make it "bullet-proof" to the outside users. At the time, I believe it had 8K (no, that is not a typo) of RAM....the magnetic core memory was very expensive then.
At the same time, I remember Atari, NEC, Apple, and a few others. I went with Apple, with two 5-1/4" floppy drives. Because I was a programmer and 'application' software was not available, I had fun with this machine....it even had compilers for Fortran and advance basic. ( I'm guessing my machine was made in 'Ol' Waz's garage.) Except for my working life, I have personally stuck with Apple. Just a preference.....
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