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AdultKing · 08-06-2016, 12:24 PM

That was mid to late 1980s.

10 years before that on my first computer you had to switch in a boot loader to load a pirated copy of Microsoft Basic from paper tape or cassette tape. Switching in the boot loader would take 5 to 10 minutes depending on your dexterity and level of tiredness.

8080 8 Bit Processor running at 2 MHz

Originally 1KB of RAM Upgraded to two 32KB S100 Cards totalling 64 Kilobytes of RAM

2 RS-232 Serial Ports

1 Casette Tape Port (Kansas variety)

Eventually upgraded to have 2 x 8" Floppy Disk Drives that could hold 400KB of data each.

Normal use was with a serial terminal that displayed 80 characters x 25 lines of text.

08-06-2016, 12:24 PM
AdultKing Raise Your Weapon Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Outback Australia Posts: 15,605	That was mid to late 1980s. 10 years before that on my first computer you had to switch in a boot loader to load a pirated copy of Microsoft Basic from paper tape or cassette tape. Switching in the boot loader would take 5 to 10 minutes depending on your dexterity and level of tiredness. 8080 8 Bit Processor running at 2 MHz Originally 1KB of RAM Upgraded to two 32KB S100 Cards totalling 64 Kilobytes of RAM 2 RS-232 Serial Ports 1 Casette Tape Port (Kansas variety) Eventually upgraded to have 2 x 8" Floppy Disk Drives that could hold 400KB of data each. Normal use was with a serial terminal that displayed 80 characters x 25 lines of text.