Ken, That issue of Popular Mechanics launched my passion with computers as well. I was just a kid in high school and couldn't afford the Altair. I saved up and purchased a system from MOS Technologies, a 6502 with 1K RAM, a hex keypad, a hex display, and an interface to backup your programs to a cassette recorder. The 6502 seemed about 100x easier to program than the 8800. A great system. A year or two later I purchased one of the first Commodore Pets ... 8K with a built-in cassette recorder, a crisp 40x25 display, and a very decent version of Basic.
Great memories! Malcolm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
