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RE: [ECS] DOS Version of ECS Larry Wright Sat, 6 May 2000 20:17:13 -0700 (PDT)

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On Sat, 6 May 2000, Michael David wrote:

> My first computer was a TRS-80 Model I, when they first came out.  I spent a
> boat-load of money (at the time) on the thing.  Everyone around me,
> including my family thought was crazy.  I remember clearly saying, over and
> over, "computers will be a way of life someday, and everyone will have one.
> Just you wait and see!"

Ahhh... sounds familiar :-). I started with an Altair, and later upgraded
to an Imsai. It had one of those 'hot' new 1KBYTE memory boards - in fact
it was soooo hot I thought I could fry an egg on it :-). 

I proposed using them as an alternative to the mini-computers used where I
worked. They thought that was the most ridiculous thing they had ever
heard. Still, I was convinced that they could be a good alternative, and
decided to use one to run a real-time system at work. Worked fine, but I
was severly criticized for doing such a stupid thing - "Why don't you use
a real computer"? The fact that it was smaller, cheaper, and easier to
program didn't seem to make much difference :-). 

Quit knocking my head at work (until a few years later when they finally
realized that micros were not going to go away :-), and just used them at
home. Went on along HA paths similar to the ones described here. 

I bet us crazy folks had a lot of fun...

Larry

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