Re: First computers . . .

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

Seedbat@webtv.net wrote:

> What I find most rewarding is finally being able to get all the
> accessories, such as an external 5.25 IIc drive and 2 UniDisk 3.5s, a
> mouse, more programs--all the things I couldn't afford back in the
> Eighties--for so little money. I'm still looking for an LCD screen, 1MB
> memory expansion card, sound enhancer, and a hard drive (ha!).


	Yes.  This is it.  I started on the TI-99/4A and moved right along...

	http://www.blakespot.com/list.html

	...but never was able to, back in the day, get the REALLY crazyfine
systems that you just lusted after.  But now -- it's easy, what with a
nice salary, and dirt cheap vintage machines.  In the past year I
snagged a NeXTStation Turbo Color w/ 21" screen ($250!!), a full Apple
IIgs system, a factory-new Amiga 2000, and a new Amiga 1200 which I'm
now "towering" (and have a 68060 accelerator coming in air mail from
Germany presently).  Good stuff.

	Hey --- remember opening up early 80's Creative Computing mags and
seeing machine after machine, most with their own proprietary OS and
hardware, etc. - just page after page??  That was that stuff.  The
golden time.  Wow.  So fine.






bp

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