Subj : Re: Big nostalgia hits
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : tenser
Date : Sun Nov 19 2023 09:52:05

On 18 Nov 2023 at 08:52a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> -=> tenser wrote to Bob Worm <=-
 pF> 
 pF>  te> The sound of the floppy diskette on the original Macintosh.
 pF> 
 pF>  I was at university when the Mac 512K model became "the" thing for
 pF>  students. Get your Apple Credit card at the local university, pick up a
 pF>  Mac, Applewriter printer and external floppy drive (you'll need it!)
 pF>  and you're on your way.
 pF> 
 pF>  I think those cards were something like 28% interest. Robbery, but it
 pF>  had to be given the potential risk they were taking - even with parents
 pF>  co-signing for them.

The 512K "Fat" Mac was our first home computer.  It wasn't
until years later that I realized how much of a positive
influence that had on how I thought about computing.

 pF>  te> Reading C.
 pF> 
 pF>  I bought K&R C a while ago to put into my bookcase. I'd thought about
 pF>  writing some C code again, it's been years.

I got Brian to sign my copy of the first edition a few
years ago (well, like 15).  I should have asked Dennis
to sign my copy of the 2nd Edition one time when I was
in his office, but didn't for some reason.

I got Steve Klabnik to sign my copy of The Rust
Programming Language, but then, I talk to him really
often.

I got Paul Horowitz to sign a copy of, "The Art of
Electronics" for my daughter.  :-)

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