Re: [OT] First computer
* On 2010 19 Jun 07:10 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Miles Fidelman writes:
> > It continually amazes me that the [Z80 is] still in production and
> > widespread use.
>
> I've got a pile of them upstairs. If I had an EPROM eraser (a
> programmer is easy to build) I'd use them instead of Atmel chips.
Needham's Electronics used to offer them, assuming they're still in
business. I have one laying around here someplace should I ever need to
burn an EPROM for an amatuer radio application.
As for the first computer, I guess I was a Johnny Come Lately with my
TRS-80 Color Computer 2 with 16k "Extended Color BASIC" in late 1983.
Over time I upgraded it to 64k, added a 5.25" floppy disk drive, and a
dot matrix printer. I used it for packet radio for about two years as
well as composing the local radio club's newsletter until I got a PX ZT
clone in 1989 with TWO floppy drives and 640k of memory!
Unfortunately, for most of that time I had a black an white TV hooked to
it. :-/ I no longer have the machine as I gave it to a friend a number
of years back. Unfortunately, he passed away a few years ago and it
probably found its way to a dump in Oklahoma. :-(
- Nate >>
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