Subj : Re: First computer stories?
To   : PainAndLoathing
From : SirRonmit
Date : Sun Jul 02 2023 18:36:42

I don't remember seeing the original posting, so I'll reply to yours.

Mine first PC experience (was at school and know it was DOS for Drafting Class as they started to convert from paper to PC. Rest of school was getting into the Apple iiC's .. )

Later on, my mom got me a Timex Sinclair 1000 and I had a tape recorder, so that was my SAVE device.

I then joined the military and a guy in one of my school sold me an Apple iiC and I loved it. You have #Megs of RAM -- you have #Megs of RAM.

Then go forward a few years and when I wanted to get my own BBS setup, I purchased an 386SX-20 (and the next day the -25 came out, then the -30, etc.etc.ect.) .. I took that home (from Best Buy) and it had Windows 3.1 on it. You clicked the icon on the desktop saying to create backup floppies (3.5") and continue -- it next said HOW many, but since I had a 2 boxes of 10 -- good to go. Until I hit disk #20 and it said insert #21. So I clicked the CANCEL button and it took me back and rebooted.  OH OH!! Here was my 2nd idea MS / Windows was NOT going to be so user friendly -- it wiped the drive. And since I didn't have a full 20+ set of disks to repair, I called Best Buy. The tech was like, "lemme guess, you clicked the CREATE BACKUPs and didn't have enough disks?" .. How did he know? ".. cuz we have had a LOT of people complain - the software was installed incorrectly, so just bring back the PC and we will hand you a new one - no questions asked." So I did and then grabbed Spitfire for DOS and a few Desqview items and it was off to the races!! 

Nowadays I still have PCs of course, but I use rasp-pis and Pine64s and even some Arduinos and have that old PC still around, but it is running Linux on it.

Timothy Norris
aka SirRonmit
admin@f4fbbs.com
bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

.... I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed.

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