and don't forget DOS. That's all there was. I started a dos 3 i think. Maybe 4.
thats how ya did it. And no internet. Only dial up Bulletin boards. Every single dial up was a toll call. I ran up a telephone bill to $300 one time. mama had a fit. No cable yet. Think it was 1972 when i started. A TRS-80. in a kit only and a Imsai 8080 processor. Both had to build. I mean solder every resistor, cap, everything. 9" screen black and white and 4k of mem. no such thing as a hard drive. it was a cassette interface 500 baud. TRS-80 was a Z-80. Also had a SOL terminal. processor was 8008. All had 4K of ram only max. Wish i would have kept it. Dos was good though. Still a time and place for it. Thats how Bill gates started. supporting CPM i think with IBM and that was his foot in the door. He took off. still think he did a good job. the TRS-80 was $1200 in a kit from Radio Shack. Business was so good the mass produced them already built. In the beginning. Its history, Im sharing. also had a Amiga. First color computer.
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