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Article #27Re: An amazing computer, that PET
From: Pete Schmitt
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 10:57
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 10:57
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In article <2585882...@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> jo...@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian) writes: > > Ah yes, the Commodore PET days. I have fond memories too. > I bought one of these back in 1979 for $500 used and then later a 2022 printer used for $500. I cut my teeth on BASIC on that machine. Just sold it and the printer last winter for $60. My wife didn't appreciate my sentimentality towards wanting to keep it. It was still working, had trouble loading tapes once in a while, but it was fun to see it still work. -pete -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter R. Schmitt - UNIX Consultant, User Services - Peter....@dartmouth.edu Kiewit Computation Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 (603)646-2085 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!ns-mx!ceres!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!othello!pete From: pete@othello (Pete Schmitt) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: An amazing computer, that PET Message-ID: <17904@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 14 Dec 89 10:57:14 GMT References: <2585882F.26177@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: ne...@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: pete@othello (Pete Schmitt) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 16 Posted: Thu Dec 14 11:57:14 1989 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit