[torontocbm] Re: Idea for next TPUG Meeting

  • From: Gil Winkler <kimmyland@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:34:48 -0400

That is HILARIOUS!
Even more infuriating is doing it with the Run/Stop key disabled!

:)
Gil

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Rick Towns <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I second that! I remember being in grade 6 and using a PET in my sisters'
> classroom. The teacher (Mr. West) taught me to type in:
>
> M 0000 FFFF
>
> and I'd just watch all the numbers scroll by! LOL! Then he let me play
> Miner 49er! :oP
>
>
> On 10-Mar-09, at 7:19 PM, James Alexander wrote:
>
>  Hey Leif,
>>
>> What if some of the PET guys did a PET/CBM thing for at least part of the
>> night.  I don't have any of this stuff but was first computer I used before
>> I had my own and wouldn't mind seeing it again.  Keeping the P in TPUG is a
>> good thing.
>>
>> Leif Bloomquist wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just to mix things up a bit:  Would there be interest in an "Other
>>> 70s/80s Computers" night at the March TPUG meeting?  (March 19th)
>>>
>>> I've got some Tandy gear that's been sadly neglected, and I know many
>>> others at TPUG have other retrocomputing interests but no venue in
>>> which to showcase them.  I for one would be seeing some of your other
>>> systems.
>>>
>>> To keep it somewhat on topic, we could always compare/contrast them
>>> with Commodore machines from the same era.
>>>
>>> Comments, discussion?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> -Leif
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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