Subj : Re: Copy to file or directory? Help? Calling MS-Dos? To : Jasen.Betts@xspamp42.f531.n640.z3.f From : meirman Date : Sun Feb 10 2002 01:20 am From: meirman@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (meirman) Subject: Re: Copy to file or directory? Help? Calling MS-Dos? From: meirman In comp.os.msdos.4dos on 9 Feb 2002 15:59:38 GMT Jasen.Betts@xspamp42.f531.n640.z3.fidonet.org posted: >Hi meirman. > >07-Feb-02 21:26:20, meirman wrote to R.A.G. Seely > > > m> From: meirman@invalid.com > > m> In comp.os.msdos.4dos on Fri, 08 Feb 2002 06:14:55 GMT "R.A.G. > m> Seely" posted: > > > >> >Well - this was indeed before my days but my collegue told me > >>that those first PCs came with a cassette drive installed, and you > >>could indeed boot > > > Yes, a friend of mine had one of those. I visited him at Cambridge > > Mass and I think he was a grad student at the time, the first half > > of 1971. > >In 1971 it wasn't an ibm-pc No of course it wasn't. I didn't see "IBM" and I was using pc generically and retroactively. "Personal computer" always seemed and seems like it should be public domain to me! I don't know what they called them then, home computer, small computer, mini-computer. Steve, it's not IBM but I'm definitely referring to 1971. > > > Rather than get the very expensive casette recorder that > > was made for the computer, he bought a standard casette recorder. > >some models of computer could easily connect to a standard tape deck. I think the big difference was the foot counter. Not sure if it was exactly to scale. The lid hinged and the counter had a small connection with the cassett, and every time the lid was opened the connection was broken. But Charley probably like the challenge. > m> And he may have been using a tv for a monitor. That probably was > m> so common it wasn't worthy of comment. It would have been one with > m> vacuum tubes > >That was common into the 80s. (early ?) CGA cards had a video output Transistor sets were common also by the 80's expecially in small screens, so I thought I'd mention that it was tubes. >(forget the technical term - but it was basically SVHS via 2 RCA sockets) >that could easily be translated to a compisite or TV signal. > > -=> Bye <=- meirman@QQQerols.com If you email me, please let me know whether remove the QQQ or not you are posting the same letter. -- |Fidonet: meirman 1:342/3 | | Origin: The Cereal Port BBS (603)899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --- # Origin: (1:132/152.4) * Origin: Baddog BBS (1:218/903) .