Subj : Re: i have a radio
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Ed Vance
Date : Fri May 09 2025 09:52 am



> Same thing a friend and I were saying this morning while talking
> on a repeater driving to work... Neither of us like contesting,
> but that's fine if you want to. We don't care for digital (yet)
> because we both work in IT and do digital SOMETHING or nuther
> ALL. DAY. LONG. LOL

> ... It said "insert disk #3", but only two will fit...
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Rereading this post reminded me of something 

I had been reading Popular Electronics & Radio Electronics magazines to learn
about computing.
When at work I had a broadcast radio with AM, FM, VHF bands on it.
I would listen to the 2M Repeater freqs. to know what was going on in my area.
I heard someone asking a guy who worked with mainframes how to do something on
the TRS-80 Model 1 he had.
While listening to their QSO I realized that I understood the explanation about
how to do what was asked about. That got me thinking about getting a computer
to play with.
The QSO happened back in the 1970's when Radio Shack began selling home
computers.

In another post you wrote about seeing the first Floppy while at school.
A ham friend I visited had a Apple II system w/ either one or two FDD's.
I noticed itoaded files quicker than what another friends TRS-80 Model 1 did
from  Cassette tape, so I decided whatever brand of computer that I would buy I
HAD TO HAVE A FLOPPY DRIVE with it.

The system I bought was a Commodore 64.
Ed
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