On Wednesday I “discovered” my old TI SR-52 calculator in a file cabinet, programmable with small magnetic cards. Battery store said he could fix the battery pack for less than $20 if I can get the old leaky batteries out. It was so advanced that some of the guys protested to the dean of our engineering school that I had an unfair advantage. My first job after graduation (1977) was at an Army Aviation research lab; we used an Apple II to display test data in real time, and one team used a TRS-80 to monitor testing of carbon fiber helicopter blades in lieu of the PDP-11 they had been using. Those old machines could do a lot, but they didn’t have megabytes of overhead.
mr_sherman Premium Member about 4 years ago
Now I know why my Commodore 64 was stolen last week.
allen@home about 4 years ago
Those two were made for each other.
Stevefk about 4 years ago
Love bytes!
donwalter about 4 years ago
Roy know how to butter the bread…
rickyvettester about 4 years ago
I liked fat Roy.
Tkdgator about 4 years ago
Now that Eddie Money song “Two Tickets to Paradise” is stuck in my head, or as I like to sing it, as it sounds to me, “Two Chickens, Two Pair of Dice”
amayesin about 4 years ago
Still have my Amiga somewhere around here.
Lightpainter Premium Member about 4 years ago
“I can’t wait to see who the speakers will be at this exciting event”!
funnyguy11 about 4 years ago
I got a gift card to the local indoor shooting range – so we can go together . . . now THAT’S a good woman!
PoodleGroomer about 4 years ago
It is so hard to bring unit record and /360 mainframes to weekend events.
MartinPerry1 about 4 years ago
Anybody here ever have an Exidy Sorcerer?
rwballca about 4 years ago
On Wednesday I “discovered” my old TI SR-52 calculator in a file cabinet, programmable with small magnetic cards. Battery store said he could fix the battery pack for less than $20 if I can get the old leaky batteries out. It was so advanced that some of the guys protested to the dean of our engineering school that I had an unfair advantage. My first job after graduation (1977) was at an Army Aviation research lab; we used an Apple II to display test data in real time, and one team used a TRS-80 to monitor testing of carbon fiber helicopter blades in lieu of the PDP-11 they had been using. Those old machines could do a lot, but they didn’t have megabytes of overhead.