I remember all those. The Model I predates the Sinclair and the TI/99.
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On Mar 5, 2013, at 8:44 PM, "Jason Gotz" <jason.gotz@...<mailto:jason.gotz@...>> wrote: My first computer was a timex Sinclair as well - had 2k and I then bought the 2k expansion pack On Mar 5, 2013, at 18:51, Jay Basen jay.m.basen@...<mailto:jay.m.basen%40gmail.com>> wrote: I'll raise the stakes. My first computer was a Timex-Sinclair that I bought brand new.
I also had to walk 5 miles to school; up hill both ways :-)
Jay
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From: "Lincoln King-Cliby" lincoln@...<mailto:lincoln%40controlworks.com>>
To: "Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:36:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Crestron] Re: What's the Deal With Hostnames?
I have to fold, but before I do...
I remember at ~3 my Dad being "important" enough to bring a "portable computer" home from work from time to time.
That was the Compaq Portable -- 1 5.25" floppy, 128k of RAM, 10 MB Hard Drive, 9" monochrome //CRT// and a comfortable 28 pounds, and the bargain basement price of $3,600. Looked like a large sewing machine when all folded up.
I have I'm-not-sure-how-many-hundreds-of-times-more computing power in my freaking Cell Phone now.
Lincoln
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From: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Chapman Mays
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 9:14 PM
To: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Crestron] Re: What's the Deal With Hostnames?
You guys are still young. My first computer was a TRS-80 Model I with a gutted B&W TV for a monitor and a cassette tape player to save and load programs.
Great memories though!
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On Mar 5, 2013, at 8:04 PM, "Lincoln King-Cliby" lincoln@...<mailto:lincoln%40controlworks.com> lincoln@...<mailto:lincoln%40controlworks.com> >> wrote:
Me thinks it was MFM.
Ah... the pre-ATAPI days were so much fun. I remember my first CD-ROM drive was some SoundBlaster-proprietary interface -- it used a 40 pin ribbon cable to the soundcard that "looked" IDE but it certainly wasn't...
Lincoln
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From: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Chris Niles
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 9:05 PM
To: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [Crestron] Re: What's the Deal With Hostnames?
MFM or RLL?
I've got a 1x CD-ROM in the garage, with it's own controller card,
somewhere. I kept the computer it came in too, because it was pre-ATAPI and
I wanted to make sure I still had the drivers.
Who knows if it still boots.
Chris
On Mar 5, 2013 8:01 PM, "Lincoln King-Cliby" lincoln@...<mailto:lincoln%40controlworks.com> >
wrote:
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Ahhhhhhhhh....
I remember being so proud that I got Windows 95 installed on a 40 MB
Western Digital HD in a 386DX that I had cobbled together out of spare
parts (mumble)somewhere between 7th and 9th grade(mumble).
It was a 3.5" IDE drive but it was essentially double height
Heck, I'm not even sure I have any USB drives that small anymore....
All of a sudden I'm feeling really old
[And before anyone gives me crap, I think I still have 5.5" full heights
drive out of an 8086 I nursed back to life...]
Lincoln
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From: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of Chris Niles
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 8:54 PM
To: Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Crestron] Re: What's the Deal With Hostnames?
Yea. I've got to make sure I've got HIMEM.SYS configured correctly,
otherwise core3gui.exe crashes.
I also had to make a CONFIG.SYS menu so I could not load ATAPI.SYS and it
frees up enough memory under 640K to run better.
Do you guys think SMARTDRV.EXE would help compile times?
Chris
On Mar 5, 2013 6:38 PM, "stainbow1" stainbow1@...<mailto:stainbow1%40optonline.com> > wrote:
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I still do most of my jobs in the old DOS format... tricky, but rewarding.
;-)
(jk for specificity)
Stephen D.
--- In Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> , Geoffrey Reynolds wrote:
The point is "DOS Prompt" is commonly used these days as the general
name
just like Xerox or Kleenex by lots of people. Just about every
developer
I
know still calls it the DOS Prompt and everyone knows that it's really the
Windows Command Prompt.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Anthony Desimone <
anthony_desimone@...> wrote:
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Well, sorry for the pedantry, but I know someone who tends to constantly
use the wrong name for things (not a generic descriptor like Xerox or
Kleenex). It gets confusing and we're really in an industry where
specificity counts.
--- In Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> , Geoffrey Reynolds wrote:
Ugh. I don't think I'm all that old - I was just being a bit
facetious.
And I realize it's not DOS anymore. Nor is the Xerox machine at the office
actually made by Xerox :).
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Anthony Desimone <
anthony_desimone@> wrote:
**
I don't think you need to be old to remember it. The DOS prompt
was
there
for a while when I started using computers. But it's not DOS
anymore.
--- In Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> , Geoffrey Reynolds wrote:
Yeah, it's pretty common for us old timers to refer to the
Command
Prompt
in the new OS's as a DOS Prompt.
Geoff
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Chris Niles
wrote:
DOS prompt == Windows Command Prompt
Sometimes I slip and call it that too.
Chris
On Mar 5, 2013 4:34 PM, "Anthony Desimone" <
anthony_desimone@>
wrote:
**
In addition to what Neil said, DOS doesn't ship with
windows
anymore, and
almost nothing with computers "just works".
--- In Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com> , Neil Dorin wrote:
DOS....?
It mostly has to do with there being a valid DNS/gateway
service
on the
subnet where your equipment resides. There has to be
something
to
translate the hostname into an actual IP address. If
you're
just
plugging
a bunch of gear into a switch, there may be nothing to
resolve
a
hostname
for you.
What OS are you running?
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:30 PM, jbudz1977 wrote:
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Why can't I just type ping (hostname) in my dos prompt
and
have
it
respond? How come sometimes toolbox lets me connect by
hostname
and
other
times not so much? Why do I get a pop up every time I
open
toolbox
saying
it adjusted some settings to let me connect by
hostname?
With
computers it
just works, why not with Crestrons?
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