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ha.... been there-done that with the Timex/Sinclair 1000 :-)

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pop is Mark
Old age ain't no place for sissies.
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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My mistake Mark, I meant/was thinking of 'chips'.  But darn sure typed
> the whole 'transistor' in there!  Heck, I had transistor radios in the
> 60's, I know they were in use :)  I bought my first 'chip' in 69 or 70.
> I was like 14.  I recall it was pretty expensive, but under $20 at the
> time.  It was a Quad, positive input, NAND gate, dual in-line package,
> 14 pin.  :o)  a 7400N.  I still have it, but no idea if it still works,
> ha!  I sorta built my own experimenters socketboard thingie and made all
> kinds of neat circuits with it.  I sure wish I still had the books I had
> from back then.
> The first 'affordable' home type computer I can remember was a kit some
> guys were offering in magazine ads.  You sent your payment right to
> them.  They called it an Apple Kit.  I guess that was actually Apple
> Computers big start then eh?   Ah but I was married with a couple little
> bitty kids and one on the way when I got my first actual 'computer'.
> Timex/Sinclair 1000!  KMart Blue Light Special!  Was $49.95 now under
> the BlueLight is ONLY $29.99!!!   I heard that and bolted for the blue
> light.  The wife just stood with the kids n cart laughing at me :)  I
> came back with it looking all smug and she says "Boy toys!"  Things have
> changed a bit since then :)  Because of THAT 'computer', I had to learn
> my first language:  Z80 assembler.  LOL!
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> McGrandpa [AGQx]
>
> pop wrote:
> > heh - actually, there definitely were no Commodores but transistors
> > were invented in the late '40s and integrated into mainframe
> > computers during the '50s - I worked for Texas Instruments from
> > '59-'70 designing computers using transistors - the integrated
> > circuit was invented and developed during this time which reduced
> > computers from refrigerator size to microwave oven size (less
> > peripherals) - LSI appeared during the '70s and that's when the
> > personal computer was born and became (somewhat) affordable for
> > affluent home users by the '80s
> >
> > --
> > pop is Mark
> > Old age ain't no place for sissies.
> > --
> > "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:q67Tc.9211$MD.1032@fe1.texas.rr.com...
> >> N wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:56:15 GMT, "Brian" <screw@spammers.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 1984?  Yeah, I remember.  Doom for the Commodore 64 and Radio Shack
> >>>> TRS-80. It was great fun ;)
> >>>
> >>> Do you remember the commercials for Doom back then?
> >>>
> >>> "You thought George Orwell was just kidding??? Your Doomsday is
> >>> now!"
> >>>
> >>> Ah, the eighties... But even better was when I got my first
> >>> Commodore 64 back in 1962. I think Beatles itself composed music to
> >>> many C=64 games back then, that's how they started their musical
> >>> career anyway.
> >>
> >> Ya wanna put a different year in there?  There were no 8-bit
> >> computers in the 60's.  There actually weren't any transistors yet :)
> >>
> >> --
> >> McGrandpa [AGQx]
>
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