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>lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>> I may not care for Bill Gates but it is MS that has made the computer
>> the common household item that it is. Then again, I am probably lying
>> about that too.
>Actually, Tandy, Atari, and Commodore hooked the "common man" and helped
>to get the computer off the ground. Apple, at that time, was slower than
>molasses in January. Their graphics were great, but the Atari - at the
>time - beat it. Apple got its start in schools, therefore hooking
>parents. We started with Tandy because of the support - when a 50 meg
>hard drive was $500. Something not working? Take it to Radio Shack.
>They'll get it working for you at no charge and teach you all about it.
> It was a fun time.
>Microsoft did it all by unfair competition. All's fair in love and war,
>I guess. We still use XP. Not sure if we'll upgrade. Our computers
>work fine. They're fast. Graphics are on par with MAC. And we have few
>lock ups . . . though they happen.
>Dianne

> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>> I may not care for Bill Gates but it is MS that has made the computer
>> the common household item that it is. Then again, I am probably lying
>> about that too.
>
> Actually, Tandy, Atari, and Commodore hooked the "common man" and helped
> to get the computer off the ground. Apple, at that time, was slower than
> molasses in January. Their graphics were great, but the Atari - at the
> time - beat it. Apple got its start in schools, therefore hooking
> parents. We started with Tandy because of the support - when a 50 meg
> hard drive was $500. Something not working? Take it to Radio Shack.
> They'll get it working for you at no charge and teach you all about it.
> It was a fun time.

> Microsoft did it all by unfair competition. All's fair in love and war,

> I guess. We still use XP. Not sure if we'll upgrade. Our computers
> work fine. They're fast. Graphics are on par with MAC. And we have few
> lock ups . . . though they happen.
>
> Dianne

>
>> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>>> I may not care for Bill Gates but it is MS that has made the computer
>>> the common household item that it is. Then again, I am probably lying
>>> about that too.
>> Actually, Tandy, Atari, and Commodore hooked the "common man" and helped
>> to get the computer off the ground. Apple, at that time, was slower than
>> molasses in January. Their graphics were great, but the Atari - at the
>> time - beat it. Apple got its start in schools, therefore hooking
>> parents. We started with Tandy because of the support - when a 50 meg
>> hard drive was $500. Something not working? Take it to Radio Shack.
>> They'll get it working for you at no charge and teach you all about it.
>> It was a fun time.
>
> Great memory, Dianne. I remember working for Radio Shack, and the TS-80 (or
> as we called it the Trash 80). But then Apple had some come out that were
> pretty fine.
>
> When the first Macs came out, that was about the same time as the first IBM
> PCs. The little Mac was much better - and at that time not much pricier.
> But, things changed. I remember people flocking to use our first Mac in the
> office in grad school - versus the PC.
>
>> Microsoft did it all by unfair competition. All's fair in love and war,
>
> Hence the many years long anti-trust suit against MS.
>
>> I guess. We still use XP. Not sure if we'll upgrade. Our computers
>> work fine. They're fast. Graphics are on par with MAC. And we have few
>> lock ups . . . though they happen.
>> Dianne
>
> Lots of choices and decisions. DH still uses a Dell for his official at
> work lap-top - but the next machine is going to be a new MacBook of some
> sort. Given it will run Windows natively, that makes some specialty things
> - like being able to see how a presentation looks on a Windows platform -
> better for him.
>
> Today's happy dance - our new printer just got here. Epson Artisan 800.
> Has super HD scanning capability - and our everyday printer has kind of
> died. So, we looked and decided to get what DH really wanted (so we can
> scan photos at 4800 dpi) rather than spend less now, and then still get this
> in a while. Now I have to get it set-up. Woo hoo. Can't wait to play with
> the software - evidently this does a lot of stand alone things, and has
> software designed for photo restoration - which is what we got it for -
> scanning in all the old family photos.
>
> ellice
>

> I remember a relative giving us their hand-me-down Trash 80 when I was
> younger and my mom and I got totally hooked on a game - you were a lord
> of a fiefdom and had to take care of your serfs and soldiers and try to
> build an empire without getting killed off in your cold and drafty
> castle over the long winters....too funny - it wasn't much more than
> Pong or Dos type graphics but we played for hours! LOL
>
> MelissaD

>> I remember a relative giving us their hand-me-down Trash 80 when I was
>> younger and my mom and I got totally hooked on a game - you were a lord
>> of a fiefdom and had to take care of your serfs and soldiers and try to
>> build an empire without getting killed off in your cold and drafty
>> castle over the long winters....too funny - it wasn't much more than
>> Pong or Dos type graphics but we played for hours! LOL
>>
>> MelissaD
>
> How about the very first games: text only driven. No animation.
> Stories with mazes to get through, puzzles to solve.
>
> Dianne