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>   >> and then had to learn GWBasic when I got an IBM type computer a
>   >> couple of years later.

>   >price tag was high, so I got the Commodore 64 and Floppy drive
>   >to start out with. Ten years later got a 486 with DOS 5.0 .

> I was all set to buy a C64 for about $1000 when I ran into an old
> highschool friend who told me about building the Apple systems
> It cost me about $550 to build the Apple II+ systems, and the
> C64 shop wanted $400 for a floppy drive and I got two of them
> for my Apple for $250 each. You needed 2 to copy disks..  B)

> I built my Apple systems from 1982 until about 1987, and then I got
> an 8088 PC with Dos 3.3 on it.

>   >No internet for the older gear just on this cellphone.

> Still using the old ones I see.. I do most of my work on a Win7 Laptop
> and I thought I was behind. About 2 years ago I finally stopped using
> an old Vista Laptop I got for free when my brother upgraded but you
> eventually run into the situation where the OS can't be loaded with
> a reasonably up to date Browser and a lot of sites will no longer
> work on them.

>   >use the Open command before New to format a disk.
>   >I had not thought it was needed until I now had a Formatted disk.

> It is so long since I worked with those I wouldn't have remembered
> that either, if all systems require it. It didn't ring any bells..

> ---
>  * SLMR Rob  * Hurry, my first impression is almost up!


Rob, Got the C=64 in 1984 , got the 1541 FDD too, cost for both about $550.00
iirc.

The Opencommand was a Commodore command, I don't think Open was used by other
pc makers 
Ed
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