Memory Lane

[bc.gold 3,403]

This floppy drive came in one of the old desktops  from e-waste.

 

MS-DOS 3.3 actually has a built in text editor called EDLIN, but it is so crude that no one uses it.

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2022 by bc.gold

[edgro 677]

I remember those

[stevasaurus 22,754]

I still have my DOS books...no floppies though.  

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

2 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

DOS

 

I've actually still got a functioning IBM XT Clone machine.  256 K of Ram, 40 Mbyte HD, two 5.25 floppy ports, Amber "Hercules" graphics.  IIRC it has an 8 MHz processor.

And... still got several versions of DOS and many programs on floppy discs in those old flip top disc storage boxes.

Yeah buddy... those were the days.

Screaming

Fast

 

[Handy Don 12,232]

7 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

I've actually still got a functioning IBM XT Clone machine.  256 K of Ram, 40 Mbyte HD, two 5.25 floppy ports, Amber "Hercules" graphics.  IIRC it has an 8 MHz processor.

And... still got several versions of DOS and many programs on floppy discs in those old flip top disc storage boxes.

Yeah buddy... those were the days.

Screaming

Fast

 

Yep, those were the days but I don't miss 'em. 

[Pullstart 62,903]

I was just a kid when we had a floppy drive on our Commodore 64.  Space Invaders was what we argued over, if I recall.

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

4 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Space Invaders

 

Was my favorite game back in the day.  On the Atari 2600 though.  I got a million points and sent a photo of the screen to Atari.  They sent me a Space Invaders key fob.  It's still on my key ring to this day!

 

 

[EB-80/8inPA 1,643]

2 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

They sent me a Space Invaders key fob.  It's still on my key ring to this day!

 

 

That was back when they knew how to make a durable, long lasting key fob!  These key fobs today, I tell ya…

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From today's e-waste grab.