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  • How to check Email in 1984

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 27 19:07:56 2022
    2:20 minute vid

    https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1552360483767959552

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  • From anthonyg@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jul 27 18:33:38 2022
    On 7/27/22 6:07 PM, JAB wrote:
    2:20 minute vid

    https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1552360483767959552

    That computer looks like a TRS-80 Portable. I remember seeing catalogs
    back in the day for them and always wanted one. <g>

    https://assets.jalantikus.com/assets/cache/546/472/userfiles/2018/02/01/f47977e2b823a8b68b6bd6c4d613d5cc.jpeg

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to anthonyg on Wed Jul 27 20:05:50 2022
    On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:33:38 -0700, anthonyg <anthonyg@sdf.org> wrote:

    That computer looks like a TRS-80 Portable

    Agreed

    The TRS-80 Model 100 is a portable computer introduced in 1983. It is
    one of the first notebook-style computers, featuring a keyboard and
    liquid crystal display, in a battery-powered package roughly the size
    and shape of a notepad or large book.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to anthonyg on Fri Jul 29 03:45:21 2022
    On 2022-07-28, anthonyg <anthonyg@sdf.org> wrote:
    On 7/27/22 6:07 PM, JAB wrote:
    2:20 minute vid

    https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1552360483767959552

    That computer looks like a TRS-80 Portable. I remember seeing catalogs
    back in the day for them and always wanted one. <g>

    https://assets.jalantikus.com/assets/cache/546/472/userfiles/2018/02/01/f47977e2b823a8b68b6bd6c4d613d5cc.jpeg



    Ahh, lovely computer. I get a big laugh out of the rotary dial phone
    though, more than the acoustic coupler. As for not telling you my
    password, it's pretty easy to watch him peck the keys. Anyway, good
    times.

    That machine had a lovely keyboard, something most laptops these days do
    not.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Fri Jul 29 05:27:08 2022
    On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 03:45:21 +0100, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    I get a big laugh out of the rotary dial phone...

    I grew up using an operator to make the call. In late fifties, local
    Bell installed the equipment for rotary dial phones.

    The Touch-Tone telephone was introduced to the nation on Nov. 18,
    1963, but your local exchange had to get the new equipment. Where I
    lived, this did not happen until early 1970s, and you were charged
    extra for this service.

    Yellow Pages 1970 (Still using rotary dial in this ad) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYpJ1IgGoc0

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to anthonyg on Thu Aug 4 18:08:33 2022
    On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:33:38 -0700, anthonyg <anthonyg@sdf.org> wrote:

    TRS-80 Portable

    August 3, 1977

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Aug 5 14:43:52 2022
    On 2022-08-05, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:33:38 -0700, anthonyg <anthonyg@sdf.org> wrote:

    TRS-80 Portable

    August 3, 1977

    Ad Pic
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    Ah, I'm filled with nostalgia for that old CRT and the clunky keyboard
    and the cassette deck. It was all so magical at the time. The
    "business level" machine at 2000 pounds UK, that was a heck of a lot of
    money back in 1985!

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Fri Aug 5 10:13:53 2022
    On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 14:43:52 +0100, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    was a heck of a lot of
    money back in 1985!

    August 3, 1977

    IBM PC 1981 August some $5k "dressed"

    I use to use one with two floppy drives...no hard drive...B&W screen

    Used WordStar then...no mouse...Ctrl keys to move cursor...etc

    WordStar 3.0, the first version for MS-DOS, appeared in April 1982

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar

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