From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q6ZYf-0001B1-Ir for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:30:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 926881C02A; Mon, 4 Apr 2011 02:28:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 525501C02A for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2011 02:28:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxm8 with SMTP id 8so2810604yxm.40 for ; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:28:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; bh=xkqmPPch/3gKbOqydnPCg0BwouwUgsWGSP3JLZPnDto=; b=FFcOBFfF4IvLdCEaYSoXUZbe7sjG25uDj6WZeQp+EqpirARa8lfcJGNF9I57/79Vtv bUTx98vEFcIrvMYWxfgXnLCcrlnjzVRC0HhdJbyJ80E7xfxR5mNsBTXEFs+FYKD0T1TO wo9jDnvx/likLPv7S1Y970iz4mMasy4G86y2g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; b=NYxPUV5q2VxzedF2QNL36btYB5kzhrLVYZRZOCKb43QvrKwWKa/nAOt/M+HoDynsJW 8vp1vr34b5EFYdcVjsmqP6BdfyQwYPKxGIVUf3CpCd0bDUMIDIx7mWz4PYPkjGzckZgJ +dXCFsQovpz6uhGsq8KeGYRufOCzEi7Tyovvw= Received: by 10.236.184.73 with SMTP id r49mr3381648yhm.59.1301884136788; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:28:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-95-106-181.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.106.181]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 27sm2115911yhl.25.2011.04.03.19.28.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:28:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D992CE5.4030604@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:28:53 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.18) Gecko/20110325 Gentoo/2.0.13 SeaMonkey/2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How low can you go? References: <1301684371.55806.3.camel@victoria> <1301689709.145877.12.camel@victoria> <1301745957.652513.5.camel@victoria> <4D9713CB.50203@gmail.com> <4D97D6F4.50707@gmail.com> <20110403104724.6e6894fb@digimed.co.uk> <4D984620.4060707@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------080106070402010904010704" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f337317b764fc63bd8dc70820530615d This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080106070402010904010704 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bill Longman wrote: > > I had the little cassette thing to store my stuff on. I think the > OS in on a ROM which would be hard to get around unless the ROM > was changed. Then it may not really be a Vic-20 anymore. I'm not > sure about the C64 since I got me a 20Mhz oscilloscope to work on > TVs and stuff. I still got the scope tho. > > My biggest use for my old Vic-20 was a alarm clock. Worked fine > unless the power went out. Well, that sounds like todays alarm > clock. lol I guess some things never change. > > > That's really funny, Dale. That brings back memories (and more than 5K > of them!). My dad gave me a VIC-20 when I was in college and I used it > for several years. I wrote lots of BASIC apps to ease all the > ciphering I had to do for enzyme kinetics, chemistry labs and things > like that. I had a cassette tape which was slow but it was a heck of a > lot faster than typing in your program every time! > > -- > Bill Longman The embarrassing part for me was when we got a Atari. My Dad played missile command and got well over a million points on that thing. He was like a little kid on that thing. Me, I liked the little chicken crossing the road. The cassette tape was nice. I had to walk about 6 miles to buy mine. It was the last one they had too. I already feel old but I think I'm really getting old now. It is amazing how far computer have come tho. Both in hardware and the OS, well, except for windoze. It hasn't come that far yet. lol Dale :-) :-) --------------080106070402010904010704 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bill Longman wrote:

I had the little cassette thing to store my stuff on. =C2=A0I think the OS = in on a ROM which would be hard to get around unless the ROM was changed. =C2=A0Then it may not really be a Vic-20 anymore. =C2=A0I'm not sure abou= t the C64 since I got me a 20Mhz oscilloscope to work on TVs and stuff. =C2=A0I still got the scope tho.

My biggest use for my old Vic-20 was a alarm clock. =C2=A0Worked fine unl= ess the power went out. =C2=A0Well, that sounds like todays alarm clock. =C2=A0= lol =C2=A0 I guess some things never change.

That's really funny, Dale. That brings back memories (and more than 5K of them!). My dad gave me a VIC-20 when I was in college and I used it for several years. I wrote lots of BASIC apps to ease all the ciphering I had to do for enzyme kinetics, chemistry labs and things like that. I had a cassette tape which was slow but it was a heck of a lot faster than typing in your program every time!

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Bill Longman

The embarrassing part for me was when we got a Atari.=C2=A0 My Dad played missile command and got well over a million points on that thing.=C2=A0 H= e was like a little kid on that thing.=C2=A0 Me, I liked the little chicken crossing the road.=C2=A0 The cassette tape was nice.=C2=A0 I had to walk = about 6 miles to buy mine.=C2=A0 It was the last one they had too.=C2=A0

I already feel old but I think I'm really getting old now.=C2=A0 It is amazing how far computer have come tho.=C2=A0 Both in hardware and the OS= , well, except for windoze.=C2=A0 It hasn't come that far yet.=C2=A0 lol
Dale

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