On 06/18/2010 09:11 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Eric Gerlach put forth on 6/17/2010 1:46 PM:On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:15:37PM -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote:There was also a TI something back then.TI-99/4A represent! (I will also accept props from TI-99/4 users... begrudgingly)I had a /4A but didn't bother mentioning it as I never coded on it. I just played Alpiner and a couple of other nonsense games. ;) I didn't start coding until we got a TRS-80 model 4 at the elementary school
In HS, we actually had a *network* of Model 1 Level 2 machines plus a handful of shared floppy drives and (IIRC) printer. I didn't realize how snazzy it was until years later...
(grammar school, etc, grades 1-6). I coded on model IIIs at the local college before I got my Kaypro in 10th grade. I never messed with the TRS-80 "Color Computer" even though the school got a couple in the late 80s. I guess I considered them a downgrade from a PC. ;)
With OS-9, they'd have been an upgrade, but there's little chance your school was that clueful.
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