[NSRCA-discussion] Merry Christmas to me!!

[Stuart Chale]

OK I had to chime in.  I didn't own a computer until Win 3.1 was out.  But I
think I had the first commercial video game.  My Mother bought Magnavox
Odyssey for us after seeing it for the first time in a store.  I remember
thinking it was cool but not worth the $100 she paid for it at the time.
Pong used two paddles and a controller that could add English and curve the
ball.  However the ball went off the top and bottom of the TV.  No rebounds.
All graphics were supplied by plastic overlays that went on the TV.  It did
make some basic noises however :-)

 

Stuart

 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ed Alt
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Merry Christmas to me!!

 

OK, last bid on this - I have a 6102 based CPU - uses a muxed 12 bit bus for
addressing, code & data.  Any guesses on what mini-computer architecture
this implemented waaay back when?  There's a free PIA chip in it for anyone
who knows what the page size was...

 

Ed

 

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From: Ed <mailto:edvwhite at sbcglobal.net>  White 

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Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:30 AM

Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Merry Christmas to me!!

 

You're a very sick puppy.  

I not only have the Z80 assembly language books, I have a Timex/Sinclair
1000.  It came with a really crappy membrane keyboard and 2K memory
installed (you could add a 16K expansion module), and it used (tried to use)
a standard cassette recorder to store programs.

I'm guessing this makes me a geek and a fossil both.

Ed

Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> wrote: 

I've got some Z80 assembly language books, if that will help. :-)

 

Bob R.



Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> wrote:

Get him a 6502 assembly language programming book (if you can still find
one) and see what he thinks of that!

 

 

Ed

 

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