[SATLUG] OT- C64 for sale

[Mitch Thompson]

Al Castanoli wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
300 baud on a Tandy CoCo II.  The modem didn't even dial for ya.  You 
dialed with a phone, then pressed a button the modem.  I remember 
thinking I can read faster than 300 baud ;^).