Don't you just love Vista? - Page 2

Kapitan_Phillips · 10-25-07, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Reece

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or even Assembly!!!!

Or even lower to machine language!!

Ah those were the days (1980's), 8080's Z80's (8 bit) & Rodney Zaks, Binary, Hex, EPROM burning, TTL & CMOS data books etc etc!!

Once the IBM PC took hold it was the end of an era,

have fond memories of the period though!

Sorry for the double post, but I couldnt resist:

Reece · 10-25-07, 04:03 AM

@ Kapitan_Phillips, Exidy Sorcerer MkII with CP/M & concurent DOS (Digital Research), not Microsoft DOS!!

Nostalga hey!!

JSLTIGER · 10-25-07, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

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Originally Posted by Reece

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or even Assembly!!!!

Or even lower to machine language!!

Ah those were the days (1980's), 8080's Z80's (8 bit) & Rodney Zaks, Binary, Hex, EPROM burning, TTL & CMOS data books etc etc!!

Once the IBM PC took hold it was the end of an era,

have fond memories of the period though!

Sorry for the double post, but I couldnt resist:

I remember those!

Load"*",8,1

10-25-07, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

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Originally Posted by Reece

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or even Assembly!!!!

Or even lower to machine language!!

Ah those were the days (1980's), 8080's Z80's (8 bit) & Rodney Zaks, Binary, Hex, EPROM burning, TTL & CMOS data books etc etc!!

Once the IBM PC took hold it was the end of an era,

have fond memories of the period though!

Sorry for the double post, but I couldnt resist:

I remember those!

Load"*",8,1

Peek's and Poke's anyone

,C64 my first computer - 20 minutes to load a game from the cassette drive ,I still remember when I was able to afford the 5 1/4 inch diskdrive and the load times dropped to 5 minutes

:rotfl::rotfl:

DeepIron · 10-25-07, 08:46 AM

Reece · 10-25-07, 09:06 AM

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Peek's and Poke's anyone

Sending & receiving data to/from a port (0-FF or 0 to 255)
See, I still remember!!

@ DeepIron, I love it!!

nikimcbee · 10-25-07, 09:20 AM

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t's funny, when I go to the computer stores and tell them I want a new computer w/o vista, they proclaim how great it is.

Well sure... If they're like the Best Buy Geek Squad, you'll be spending more $$$ on having them come out on a regular basis and showing you over and over and over and...

@SUBMAN1...

:rotfl:

How did you know, it was there?:rotfl:

nikimcbee · 10-25-07, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

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Originally Posted by Reece

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or even Assembly!!!!

Or even lower to machine language!!

Ah those were the days (1980's), 8080's Z80's (8 bit) & Rodney Zaks, Binary, Hex, EPROM burning, TTL & CMOS data books etc etc!!

Once the IBM PC took hold it was the end of an era,

have fond memories of the period though!

Sorry for the double post, but I couldnt resist:

Wow, I played my 1st subsim on a Commodore VIC 20

JSLTIGER · 10-25-07, 09:27 AM

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As a major trekkie:
THAT'S AWESOME!!!! :rotfl:

DeepIron · 10-25-07, 09:34 AM

@nikimcbee:

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How did you know, it was there?

Clairvoyant? I good guess? Nah, I'm an ex-IT Admin and we used to buy some of our local stuff from BB... Those guys are definately M$ acolytes... :rotfl:

@JLSTIGER: Glad you enjoyed it... I like the look on Data's face when it goes BSOD...

10-25-07, 04:03 AM	#17
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,726 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	@ Kapitan_Phillips, Exidy Sorcerer MkII with CP/M & concurent DOS (Digital Research), not Microsoft DOS!! Nostalga hey!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-25-07, 08:46 AM	#20
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