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by tonytib
8/4/01 10:30:00 PM
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New I started out on DOS 1.1 on 360K floppies on a real IBM PC
that belonged to a friend of mine. IIRC:
- DOS 1.1
- dual 360K floppies (pretty sure wasn't 180K)- full size 5.25"
- MGA with IBM monochrome green monitor
- CGA with IBM color monitor
- BASICA and
- Microsft Assembler! (with one of the worst manuals I have ever seen)

And, in college we had at least one IBM PC XT that was still in use -- up to 1991! (Of course, we were still using VIC-20's and Commodore 64's for the labs). Around 1991, we finally started getting some modern equipment such as 386's.

The physics department also had a really unusual machine -- a LISP machine that ran LISP in hardware. It was used to run Macsyma for the theoretical professors.

Tony
Who doesn't miss much about the original PC
Post #3,860
by a6l6e6x
Picture of a6l6e6x
8/5/01 1:22:38 PM
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New I started out on DOS 1.0 on 160K floppies on a real IBM PC.
That was before they figures out they could reliably format 9 (vs. 8) sectors per track on those 5.25 inch drives.

I also had the MGA and CGA graphic adapters with the monochrome monitor. Had to use an RF modulator and color TV with the CGA adapter. You may recall the monochrome monitor had to get its power from the PC. If the monitor was otherwise powered and was ON while the PC was OFF, it would self-destruct!

Viscalc was one the applications I bought at the time.

Full agreement on MS Assembler documentation. POS!

It wasn't until DOS 2.0 that you could have a "sub-directory". Zowie!
Alex
Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not certain about the universe.
-- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
     THE IBM PC was introduced to the world 20 years ago today - (brettj) - (30) - Aug. 3, 2001, 08:19:15 PM EDT
         On whose doorknob can I hang the dead chicken? -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 3, 2001, 08:45:45 PM EDT
         Ooh, I remember her - (altmann) - Aug. 3, 2001, 10:10:11 PM EDT
         Re: THE IBM PC - as often with historic reports - simplifies - (dmarker2) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2001, 08:20:22 PM EDT
             Re: Investor history: Tech sector could learn from the '80s - (brettj) - Aug. 7, 2001, 12:16:09 PM EDT
         A working AT? - (Andrew Grygus) - (25) - Aug. 4, 2001, 08:36:21 PM EDT
             pre-XT in mint condition?! - (brettj) - (24) - Aug. 4, 2001, 10:21:07 PM EDT
                 I started out on DOS 1.1 on 360K floppies on a real IBM PC - (tonytib) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2001, 10:30:00 PM EDT
                     I started out on DOS 1.0 on 160K floppies on a real IBM PC. - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 5, 2001, 01:22:38 PM EDT
                 Well, nearly mint. - (Andrew Grygus) - (21) - Aug. 4, 2001, 11:37:26 PM EDT
                     Re: Chuckle :-) - Businessland !!! remember em well ... - (dmarker2) - Aug. 5, 2001, 07:04:27 PM EDT
                     I worked on original PCs. - (static) - (19) - Aug. 6, 2001, 12:31:59 AM EDT
                         loved pc-write also brown bag software -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 6, 2001, 08:24:14 AM EDT
                         ObAOL Me Too - (deSitter) - (17) - Aug. 6, 2001, 10:45:05 AM EDT
                             While I have no love for Seagate . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Aug. 6, 2001, 11:39:04 AM EDT
                                 Re: While I have no love for Seagate . . - (deSitter) - (4) - Aug. 6, 2001, 05:15:02 PM EDT
                                     Seagate may have had problems too . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 6, 2001, 09:11:40 PM EDT
                                         Re: Seagate may have had problems too . . . - (dlevitt) - (2) - Aug. 7, 2001, 09:31:37 AM EDT
                                             I seem to remember it was the 10 meg drives - (DonRichards) - Aug. 7, 2001, 10:07:19 AM EDT
                                             Emerald also melted down. - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 7, 2001, 02:15:30 PM EDT
                             Alligator memory? - (static) - (10) - Aug. 6, 2001, 10:53:31 PM EDT
                                 Re: Alligator memory? - (deSitter) - (9) - Aug. 7, 2001, 10:09:06 AM EDT
                                     I never damaged any. :-) -NT - (static) - Aug. 8, 2001, 02:24:01 AM EDT
                                     Sounds like some kind of surface mount stuff - (tonytib) - (7) - Aug. 8, 2001, 11:42:18 AM EDT
                                         Sheesh, you guys don't even know what you missed. - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Aug. 8, 2001, 12:43:57 PM EDT
                                             No, those are DIPs - (tonytib) - (4) - Aug. 8, 2001, 02:16:21 PM EDT
                                                 That is most fun on an Apple II - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 02:45:42 PM EDT
                                                     Twas the Wozniak mindset.. in replication. Cute/dumb overall -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:38:44 PM EDT
                                                 After watching this discussion... - (static) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 08:24:31 PM EDT
                                                     Spent a summer in high school soldering components on boards - (Steve Lowe) - Aug. 9, 2001, 01:27:46 AM EDT
                                             DIPS and Tweek\ufffd - (Ashton) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:35:45 PM EDT

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