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> The cartridge that came with the 2600 was COMBAT. It had a tank game
> and a biplane game. If they added another cartridge, it must have been
> in the later years. And the whole package cost $150
Now I remember...
> 1) Who started Atari, what else did he start?
> 2) What Graphical computer preceeded the Mac?
Lisa, thats easy. I remember seeing a demo of it. I was totally amazed. Everyone was drooling over it. It was big and expensive, and then the Mac came out and they were selling like crazy. Everyone had one except for me.
> CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers - It was the first big OS.
> 2.5 What was the first Big Time Word processor that eventually lost out
> to Word?
WordPerfect. Not sure they lost out. I believe it was a mix of they didnt push there Windows version like MS, and then of course, the MS marketing machine. They were another company that had 90%+ of the market and thought they were the king, untoucable and arrogant then along came MS with Word. Its been the same story over and over with every company that has gone up against MS. And Palm/Handspring is next...
> 3) What company made the first "Portable" (luggable) computers?
Oh I cant think of the name. But the metal case was sort of a greyish blue, and it had a "lid" which was the keyboard. And it had a little monochrome monitor, and I believe it was 5 1/4 floppy drive.
> The first MAC (128K, 400K floppy) had no handle, I had one(still have
> it)
> 4) What was "Special" about the inside of the Mac case?
It has the signatures of all the creators.
> 5) Who wrote QDOS?
>
> sigh, I agree, the good ol' daze....
>>> ThaterW_at_telergy.net 08/02/01 06:57AM >>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2001,Boivin, Patrice J scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:
->Was CP/M the OS that Bill Gates bought just before making his big deal with
->IBM? Can't remember. -> ->Regards, ->Patrice Boivin ->Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -> -> -----Original Message----- -> CP/M [or is it CPM i've seen it written both ways.] -> ->
CP/M was the other OS in contention.
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