Michael,
your path into PCs parallels mine. But the core value that you express
is that a "PC" is indeed very "personal" .. not a mere input device to
the mainframe, as Big Blue saw it in the early days.
I had the same type of jump from my (HP PortablePLUS, a ROM-RAM Laptop)
DOS box to an IBM TP 755CD with Windows .. that is also when I quit
fiddling with customizations, batch files, small Basic routines. On the
other hand I have never had a desktop, was an early adaptor of laptos
and a mobile work-style .. and have taken the 'personal' aspect to where
I refused a company computer .. refused intrusions into my workspace.
Fortunately for me I have carried off this bit of rebellion
successfully over the past 20 plus years, though at some monetary cost
but have had better equipment at my finger tips, and more productivity
and utility from my "PC". Considering the amount of time I spend working
on my PC, for profit and for hobby I would not have any other way.
Frank KF
mje@foxall.com.au wrote:
>[Kyle:]
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>
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>>I started looking at the DOS manuals, and learning all the commands.
>>This lead to me finding BASIC among the System Disks.
>>
>>
>..
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>>Later still I found Borland's Antique software on their site, and it ran Pascal
>>5.5 just fine.
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>>
>..
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>>Sorry if I'm jabbing, but I do have so many fond memories of that wonderful
>>machine.
>>
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>
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> But I do feel nostalgic about all that old stuff. So I guess I do feel
>something like the way you do about your old computer.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Edwards.
>
>
>
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