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1200 baud? Thats modern. Try 300. Used that with an Atari 850 to send
columns from home to the ATEX main frame at my newspaper, circa 1978.
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"Casey Tompkins" <ctompkins@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
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> My first micro was an Epson QX-10. Very advanced in some ways,
> instantly obsolete in others (like using a Z80 cpu).
>
> When I got a clue, my first "PC clone" was the original Compaq
> Portable. I remember spending several hundred dollars to upgrade from
> 256k RAM to 640k on the motherboard, including the "Plus" BIOS. My
> first modem was a Hayes 1200b internal, for $495. It was the only one
> that worked with Kermit and the Miami U software.
>
> And yes, I used Fortran 77 back in the early 80s at MU, but it was via
> terminal (Televideo 920s IIRC) on campus, or dial-up and Kermit from
> home. The IBM VM batch language was pretty nice; I managed to whip up
> some batch files to automate the edit/compile cycle, and dedicated
> some macros to certain PF keys. Most of the other guys were wondering
> why it didn't work so hard... Heh.
>
> Actually (I collect antique computers) I have a Portable, a Plus, a
> Portable II, and a Portable 386. No Portable III yet. Also have the
> original Deskpro, and a Deskpro 286. Now, if I can only get my hands
> on a Deskpro 386...
>
> Alas, there was one on eBay last month. I didn't HAVE the money last
> month, naturally! Argh.
>
> I missed out on MCA and EISA though. Darn...
>
> While I'm here... Does anyone know of anybody who has Compaq MS-DOS
> 3.31? I'd love to get a copy for the large hard drive support, and the
> special mode commands unique to Compaq MS-DOS. I think 4.x and later
> were more like generic MS-DOS.
>
> For some reason, my Portable 386 thinks it's monochorome only, and the
> Setup program I have doesn't seem to have an option to change that. I
> tried selecting video card, or default video mode (whatever it was,
> about two months ago) and the proggy kept telling me I had to change
> it somewhere else.
>
> Now, I know it worked fine in graphical mode when I first got it, but
> I mucked something up playing with the config files. I don't honestly
> remember if there was a special driver loaded or anything like that
> when I first got it. I never had this problem with the Portable and
> the Deskpro. Ah, well...
>
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:46:08 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
> (Ben Myers) wrote:
>
>>Anybody been around here long enough to have used an IBM XT as his or her
>>first
>>office computer?
>>
>>Anybody been around long enough to have worked with and cursed IBM's
>>MicroChannel computers or Compaq's and other EISA bus computers with their
>>hare-brained configuration diskettes?
>>
>>Anybody been arould here long enough to have written programs in FORTRAN
>>using
>>punched "IBM" cards? ... Ben Myers
>>
>>On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:58:01 GMT, T <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
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