[SATLUG] OT- C64 for sale

[Al Castanoli]

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 11:14 -0500, Geoff wrote:
> Aaron Hackney wrote:
> > The C64 was my first computer. I begged and begged my parents for one 
> > for Christmas 1983. I got one with a Tape drive! I was in heaven. I 
> > mowed lawns all summer and saved enough $$ for a 1541 disk drive. I 
> > played games 24x7 on that thing. I got introduced to BBSing a short 
> > time later with my 300 baud (Yep, they weren't using bits-per-second 
> > yet lol) modem cartridge.
> > I *LOVED* gaming on that computer! ;)
> > As for the one for sale...it's worthless broken. Too light to be a 
> > boat anchor or a door stop ;)
> 
> I would venture a guess that there's not many people in SATLUG that have 
> ever had to deal with 300 baud modems (I have) or, for that matter, have 
> ever had to deal with setting up a phone modem.
> 
> Show of hands, people..

In the early 1980's I took MIS classes at the University of Maryland,
but lived on Ft. Meade. To do my Pascal homework on my C=64, I bought
one of those Z-80 cartidges that fit in the "games" slot, and ran the
CP/M version of Borland Turbo Pascal, then sent in my homework via 300
baud modem.

> who has known only broadband access to the 'net?

That C=64's 300 baud modem was a step up from the Baudot acoustically
coupled modem on my Heathkit H-48 when I was at Auburn a few years
earlier.

Al "so what if it took 10 years to get a 4 year degree?" Castanoli
Computers save time like kudzu prevents soil erosion.