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From the BBS days, anyone?
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:46 pm
by MegaMoe
since we have lots of IT experts in here i was wondering who was using the BBS like 5005211 5005412 After Dark BBS and 1st Wildcatt BBS etcc... man i miss those old days before the internet 8)
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:49 pm
by XJ
8O
:newlol:
:newidea:
:marhaba:
I do not know what the hell you are talking about, no freeking idea
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:05 am
by DiVeR
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:17 am
by Ali
ledia lopez
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:18 am
by iguana
The only BBS I know was this:
They use to fit them on the 450 SEL 6.9 .. Megamie, this was way before the invented the computers
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:38 am
by G-man
Moe? How old are you?
Man I remember when 4 Megabytes ram was the ceiling. My first "PC" 1984.
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:47 am
by iguana
My computer (in University) looked like this
That was ofcourse to of the range ... Specification (Got it now from the internet):
Memory: 512k RAM, expandable to 640k
Processor: Intel 8086 8.0Mhz, optional 8087 maths coprocessor
ROM: No built in software, uses MS-DOS and GEM desktop
Storage: Internal 3.5" 720k floppy drive, no hard disk, optional external 5.25" 360k floppy drive
Display: CGA and MDA screen modes, standard DB9 video output and TV port.
Expansion: Two half length 8 bit ISA slots
Keyboard: Industry standard 102 keyboard built in
Mouse/Joystick: Black Amstrad-built mouse and badged Sinclair standard DB15 analogue joystick supplied with system.
Bundled software: MS-DOS 3.3, Digital Research GEM/3 desktop, Organiser software
I was using COBOL, BASIC and MS-DOS
and ofcourse mainly use it to play games
I also remember my previous computer where I used tape player to uplaod the game and it takes around 15 minutes to uplaod a very stupid basic game ... Do you remember these days guys?
Megamoe, I am talking about things when I was 16 years old
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:50 am
by iguana
Found it, the ZX spectrom+ ...
now do you know what I am talking about Megamoe?
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:57 am
by G-man
Some of my best computing memories were on the spectrum... and Amiga... I think.
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:28 am
by khaiwi
Yessssssssss megamoe, I surely know what ur talkin about, its not only how old a person is but how exposed he is/was
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:11 am
by iguana
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:23 am
by khaiwi
hehehehe,
well I was not marking you here, we have so many senior people in the club, but everyone is a master in his domain
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:42 pm
by XJ
iguana wrote:Found it, the ZX spectrom+ ...
now do you know what I am talking about Megamoe?
Okay now we are talking ZX spectrum, i used it at that time, man i still like it i remember Pirets game it was my faviourte.
Remeber it guy's
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:44 pm
by Bradley
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:10 pm
by Friz
3.5" floppy drive, no hard disk, optional external 5.25" 360k floppy drive
The old 3.5" floppy Iguana, I hope you upgraded to the 5.25"
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