Dec Rainbow prehistory

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Fri Nov 21 14:09:20 2003

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 19:36, Dave Mitton wrote:

> but I was involved with the New England
> Computer Society, a some what professional hobbyist group. Many of us
> thought the original IBM PC was not a serious product. Remember it wasn't
> until the XT that it got a hard drive.

I attended many NECS meetings, and after-meeting sessions at a local
restaurant! I used to also dial in to the few local BBSs; NECS, Andover
CNODE, and another board using software I can't recall... (in fact one
message posted on Andover CNODE re: 'what if BBSs sent messages to each
other across 'local call' boundaries...' was part of FidoNet's genesis;
the original authors idea was impractical, but it got me thinking.)

>
> > > I remember the MHFU watchdog and the Vertical Retrace Interupt.

> >Ahh... now I get it. I wasn't told even this much back then!!
>
> We weren't told. I/we had to figure it out.

I'm not sure if that makes me feel better, or worse :-)

> ohh gawd, you woke the forgotten memory of the shared HW/SW interrupt
> vector.... noooo ... I won't go there..... <shreeking>

Is this like that 'recovered memory' debacle of a few years ago? Who do
we sue!!!
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