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 Message 555 
 Kurt Weiske to GREG GOODWIN 
 Re: TS 1000 
 13 May 19 07:06:00 
 
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-=> GREG GOODWIN wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 GG> I love what you said about programming on 16k.  Not to pull out the
 GG> beards and false teeth but my Dad's first computer was the Sol Terminal
 GG> 20 which had... 2... K of ram.  :D

Yep, I used a Timex Sinclair 1000 with 1K of RAM, before buying the
16k expansion. When you have to think about every character, every
variable you use, programing takes on a whole different light.

Later on, I programmed on 32K and 48K Commodores and felt like I could
write anything.



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