From: jason@slimes.ca   
      
   MasterKarsten wrote:   
   > TheFri, 31 Oct 2025 01:34:50 +0000, rbowman wrote:   
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   >>On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:46:45 -0000 (UTC), MasterKarsten wrote:   
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   >>>TheThu, 30 Oct 2025 19:03:57 +0000, rbowman wrote:   
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   >>>>On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:44:54 -0500, Slimes wrote:   
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   >>>>>Any proper greybeards besides me here?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I learned FORTRAN IV in '65. Does that count?   
   >>>   
   >>>No that makes you a White Beard Wizard lol I started on the DOS/windows   
   >>>3.1 times and I feel old lol   
   >>   
   >>Well, yeah, the beard is pretty white as is most of the hair on my head.   
   >>For some strange reason my ponytail isn't.   
   >>   
   >>My intro to Windows was when I bought a Compaq Concerto:   
   >>   
   >>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Concerto   
   >>   
   >>Compaq came so damn close! It wasn't a bad machine and had Windows for Pen   
   >>Computing that allowed text entry with a special stylus. iirc it was $1500   
   >>which wasn't out of line for a laptop in '93. For whatever reason Compaq   
   >>never pushed it and dropped it after a year or so.   
   >>   
   >>I'd done quite a bit with CP/M so DOS was more of the same. I worked with   
   >>industrial controls, embedded systems, and so forth for Windows wasn't   
   >>high on my priority. A friend jumped on the bandwagon with Windows 1.0 and   
   >>I was underwhelmed. I'm still just as happy with a TUI for a lot of   
   >>things.   
   >   
   >   
   > What a beautiful and portable machine!   
   >   
   > My introduction to PC was an Aptiva with Windows 95, a decent Pentium 120mhz   
   > processor, 1.2GB of Hard Disk and a Wopping 12mb (yeah 12!) or RAM. And a   
   28.8   
   > kbs modem that performed as bad as you can imagine.   
   >   
   >   
   My first computer was a UNISYS Icon in grade school.   
      
   My first home computer was a hand-me-down TRS-80 CoCo.   
      
   Yeah. A friggin AGVISION turned radio-shack.   
      
   There is a picture of one of the orginal AG machines on my site. Secret   
   URL for secret people:   
      
   http://slimes.ca/Art/   
      
   AG systems had internet before internet, somewhat like the systems used   
   in EU. Everything that is old is new again.   
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