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I remember my first? digital adding machine. The size of this phone but twice as thick. Battery lasted almost two hours and it +×÷- plus had one memory. Cheaper than this phone.
First PC an Apple II. 5.25 internal Floppy drive. 640k memory. No hard drive. First work computer IBM 286 series. 640k memory. 4 Megabyte internal hard drive, 5.25 internal hard drive.?
Mike Reese
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I can do you one better. Remember the old comptrometers? All those push buttons with the numbers on them and the dials across the top? Beast was almost as big as a breadbox and must have weighed 20 pounds. I still have the one my grandfather used - kinda scared to plug it in though. . .
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First home computer was an Acorn Atom with 2k memory and a cassette recorder for storage. That WAS the good old days, when a high proportion of home computers seemed to be made in the UK....
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On 2 Jul 2020, at 03:54, Michael Reese <mrtank688@...> wrote: ? I remember my first? digital adding machine. The size of this phone but twice as thick. Battery lasted almost two hours and it +×÷- plus had one memory. Cheaper than this phone.
First PC an Apple II. 5.25 internal Floppy drive. 640k memory. No hard drive. First work computer IBM 286 series. 640k memory. 4 Megabyte internal hard drive, 5.25 internal hard drive.?
Mike Reese
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I think it was 64K memory, not 640??? Apple IIe was my first PC at home, and I bought an expansion to 128k to?do some "graphic" in Pascal, it was really costly. My first work PC, in the same year, was an Apple Lisa Really younger at the time.....?
Il giorno gio 2 lug 2020 alle ore 04:54 Michael Reese < mrtank688@...> ha scritto: I remember my first? digital adding machine. The size of this phone but twice as thick. Battery lasted almost two hours and it +×÷- plus had one memory. Cheaper than this phone.
First PC an Apple II. 5.25 internal Floppy drive. 640k memory. No hard drive. First work computer IBM 286 series. 640k memory. 4 Megabyte internal hard drive, 5.25 internal hard drive.?
Mike Reese
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Before the atom all the UK offerings were in kit form. The atom was also offered in kit for as was the ZX80.?
Production development was done by ICL Kidsgrove.?
Production of the model A 16k and model B 32k commenced at Kidsgrove in 1981.?
Fortunately the TRS80 disc drive plugged into the BBC Micro but it needed a disc interface. I picked one up for ?100 at a computer show in Manchester?
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Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
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On 2 Jul 2020, at 07:20, Tim Drewett <tim.drewett1805@...> wrote:
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First home computer was an Acorn Atom with 2k memory and a cassette recorder for storage. That WAS the good old days, when a high proportion of home computers seemed to be made in the UK....
On 2 Jul 2020, at 03:54, Michael Reese <mrtank688@...> wrote:
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I remember my first? digital adding machine. The size of this phone but twice as thick. Battery lasted almost two hours and it +×÷- plus had one memory. Cheaper than this phone.
First PC an Apple II. 5.25 internal Floppy drive. 640k memory. No hard drive.
First work computer IBM 286 series. 640k memory. 4 Megabyte internal hard drive, 5.25 internal hard drive.?
Mike Reese
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We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not having to use correction tape like I did at home. Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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I remember getting incredibly excited a few years back when we went through the store room and turned up a genuine green screen laptop the same as the one used to control the autoguns in Aliens. Unfortunately there was a strict policy that it had to go for
disposal and I had to watch it? being carted off...
Doug
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We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not
having to use correction tape like I did at home.
Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of
what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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My first crack at a computer aid for war gaming was writing Basic on a ZX Spectrum to manage calculations for Steve Birnie’s Napoleonic Naval games - along with record keeping - print outs via Sinclair thermal printer....
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On 2 Jul 2020, at 17:41, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
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I remember getting incredibly excited a few years back when we went through the store room and turned up a genuine green screen laptop the same as the one used to control the autoguns in Aliens. Unfortunately there was a strict policy that it had to go for
disposal and I had to watch it? being carted off...
Doug
We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not
having to use correction tape like I did at home.
Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of
what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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Has anyone ever played Stars ?
A space conquest/strategy/diplomacy game written I think for DOS but I played it in Windows 3.11 for 16 players
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
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On 2 Jul 2020, at 18:12, Keith Davies via groups.io <keith.davies1960@...> wrote:
? My first crack at a computer aid for war gaming was writing Basic on a ZX Spectrum to manage calculations for Steve Birnie’s Napoleonic Naval games - along with record keeping - print outs via Sinclair thermal printer....
Those were the days....
On 2 Jul 2020, at 17:41, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
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I remember getting incredibly excited a few years back when we went through the store room and turned up a genuine green screen laptop the same as the one used to control the autoguns in Aliens. Unfortunately there was a strict policy that it had to go for
disposal and I had to watch it? being carted off...
Doug
We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not
having to use correction tape like I did at home.
Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of
what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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This one??!
I used to play it a bit...
Has anyone ever played Stars ?
A space conquest/strategy/diplomacy game written I think for DOS but I played it in Windows 3.11 for 16 players
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
On 2 Jul 2020, at 18:12, Keith Davies via <keith.davies1960=[email protected]> wrote:
? My first crack at a computer aid for war gaming was writing Basic on a ZX Spectrum to manage calculations for Steve Birnie’s Napoleonic Naval games - along with record keeping - print outs via Sinclair thermal printer....
Those were the days....
?
I remember getting incredibly excited a few years back when we went through the store room and turned up a genuine green screen laptop the same as the one used to control the autoguns in Aliens. Unfortunately there was a strict policy that it had to go for
disposal and I had to watch it? being carted off...
Doug
We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not
having to use correction tape like I did at home.
Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of
what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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Regards
Mike Leese
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I did, many, many, years ago.
The closest game to that now is Distant Worlds, and it still plays on W10.
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Has anyone ever played Stars ?
A space conquest/strategy/diplomacy game written I think for DOS but I played it in Windows 3.11 for 16 players
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
On 2 Jul 2020, at 18:12, Keith Davies via groups.io <keith.davies1960@...> wrote:
? My first crack at a computer aid for war gaming was writing Basic on a ZX Spectrum to manage calculations for Steve Birnie’s Napoleonic Naval games - along with record keeping - print outs via Sinclair thermal printer....
Those were the days....
On 2 Jul 2020, at 17:41, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
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I remember getting incredibly excited a few years back when we went through the store room and turned up a genuine green screen laptop the same as the one used to control the autoguns in Aliens. Unfortunately there was a strict policy that it had to go for
disposal and I had to watch it? being carted off...
Doug
We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not
having to use correction tape like I did at home.
Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of
what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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Regards
Mike Leese
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It was the amount of planning, diplomacy, scouting and avoiding getting into a war with neighbours while playing on the paranoias of players on the other side of the galaxy.?
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
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On 2 Jul 2020, at 18:49, James Catchpole via groups.io <jlcatchpole@...> wrote:
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This one??!
I used to play it a bit...
Has anyone ever played Stars ?
A space conquest/strategy/diplomacy game written I think for DOS but I played it in Windows 3.11 for 16 players
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
On 2 Jul 2020, at 18:12, Keith Davies via <keith.davies1960=[email protected]> wrote:
? My first crack at a computer aid for war gaming was writing Basic on a ZX Spectrum to manage calculations for Steve Birnie’s Napoleonic Naval games - along with record keeping - print outs via Sinclair thermal printer....
Those were the days....
?
I remember getting incredibly excited a few years back when we went through the store room and turned up a genuine green screen laptop the same as the one used to control the autoguns in Aliens. Unfortunately there was a strict policy that it had to go for
disposal and I had to watch it? being carted off...
Doug
We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not
having to use correction tape like I did at home.
Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of
what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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Regards
Mike Leese
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I’ll see if I can find it.?
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
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On 2 Jul 2020, at 22:57, Malcolm Sleight <tykemalcolm@...> wrote:
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I did, many, many, years ago.
The closest game to that now is Distant Worlds, and it still plays on W10.
Has anyone ever played Stars ?
A space conquest/strategy/diplomacy game written I think for DOS but I played it in Windows 3.11 for 16 players
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
On 2 Jul 2020, at 18:12, Keith Davies via groups.io <keith.davies1960@...> wrote:
? My first crack at a computer aid for war gaming was writing Basic on a ZX Spectrum to manage calculations for Steve Birnie’s Napoleonic Naval games - along with record keeping - print outs via Sinclair thermal printer....
Those were the days....
On 2 Jul 2020, at 17:41, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
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I remember getting incredibly excited a few years back when we went through the store room and turned up a genuine green screen laptop the same as the one used to control the autoguns in Aliens. Unfortunately there was a strict policy that it had to go for
disposal and I had to watch it? being carted off...
Doug
We had an older computer at work but I only used it twice. I am not even sure of the make or model so I didn't mention it. Small green round screen in a microwave sized box, but there may have been other boxes. I just remember cables and not
having to use correction tape like I did at home.
Started miniature gaming in 1962. WW2. By 1970 had played ancients and Napoleonics so I guess my gaming background was well rounded (board games in 1968 - Battle of Britain). Although there was that older guy. You couldn't always be sure of
what game he would run, like a Viking raid somewhere in the Med. We had axes, they had pikes. He also was into that fantasy stuff. Gary had a wide range of interests.
Mike Reese
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Regards
Mike Leese
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