Re: USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Karen J. Cravens <silver+news@phoenyx.net> wrote in message
news:8EEAD86E2phoenyx@wirebird.com...
> steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk (Steve Pritchard) wrote in
> <951934424.12306.0.nnrp-13.9e989556@news.demon.co.uk>:
>
> >Oddly enough, I was thinking Vic-20, Karen.
>
> Commodore-64, is what I should have said, now that you bring up the
> manufacturer... being that they were common as dirt in Those Days, and had
> a... uh... 40-column screen, wasn't it?

24(?) column screen, 3.5k of RAM and a real keyboard (which kinda seemed a
waste).

> Which was a huge tract of screen
> real estate compared to some of the critters.  (Always used to annoy the
> daylights out of me because a lot of BBSi were set to 40-column and my
> machine was only 32...)
>
> Of course, I'm not sure how wide the Satori guy's screen is, on account of
> XNews' ruler doesn't start until 40 and he didn't make it nearly that far.
> I think it was 20-column, and I can't remember how wide the Vic's screen
> was.  (I played with a CommoPet once, but never a Vic.  Didn't much care
> for the whole Commodore line until the Amiga, which wasn't precisely a
> Commo anyway.)

I learned everything about how to program in simple code on a PET. Loved the
machines. You can't beat a good ol' fashion green screen and tape deck
storage. Nostalgia in a box.

You didn't care for the C-64? Get thee away, heathen!

References

USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
satori451@my-deja.com
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 02 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000

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USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
satori451@my-deja.com
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: USS Satori- Explore the Gamma Quadrant
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 02 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000