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  • How We Got Here

    From DAVE DRUM@1:135/392 to ALL on Wed May 18 10:40:52 2022
    Also posted in Commodore ...

    Fascinating video that one of my old customers sent to me. Well worth the
    time spent watching and appreciating.

    https://youtu.be/lP2ZBp9O0mk

    ENJOY!!!

    ... You don't get once-in-a-lifetime offers like this every day.
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Tue Sep 9 23:41:52 2025
    Hi everyone,

    I went digging through my storage shed the other day and found my working T/S 1000, complete with 16K RAM pack. Don't know what I'll do with it. I used to have a C64 and a CoCo 2, but I had to sell the C64 and the CoCo 2 was stolen.

    I taught myself BASIC on that CoCo 2 then went into more adventures on the C64.

    Those were good days...

    -- Sean

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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Sean Dennis on Wed Sep 10 09:54:48 2025
    Re: T/S 1000
    By: Sean Dennis to All on Tue Sep 09 2025 23:41:52

    I taught myself BASIC on that CoCo 2 then went into more adventures on the C64.

    What, no love for the T/S 1000? Yeah, me neither. I bought it 'cause it was the cheapest I could afford at the time. But thanks to that migrain...er, membrane keyboard and its four-function keys, I quickly yearned for something better.
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Mortar M. on Wed Sep 10 11:50:16 2025
    What, no love for the T/S 1000? Yeah, me neither. I
    bought it 'cause it was the cheapest I could afford at
    the time. But thanks to that migrain...er, membrane
    keyboard and its four-function keys, I quickly yearned
    for something better.

    It was a gift so I did what I could but even at my young age, that membrane keyboard was terrible. I believe I got the CoCo 2 next in 1984. I have used the "ovcc" emulator for the CoCo and it works great but it's not the same thing as having the physical computer.

    I might donate the T/S 1000 to a computer museum. I have the original manual that came with the T/S 1000 so that might be worth something.

    -- Sean

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  • From Barry Davis@1:387/18 to Sean Dennis on Wed Sep 10 14:33:45 2025
    Re: T/S 1000
    By: Sean Dennis to Mortar M. on Wed Sep 10 2025 11:50:16

    I might donate the T/S 1000 to a computer museum. I have the original manual that came with the T/S 1000 so that might be worth something.

    Dang, I remember having one too and would love to get my hands on one again.

    ===
    Barry Davis Jr
    SysOp
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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Sean Dennis on Wed Sep 10 18:38:56 2025
    Sean Dennis wrote to All <=-

    Hi everyone,

    I went digging through my storage shed the other day and found my
    working T/S 1000, complete with 16K RAM pack. Don't know what I'll do with it. I used to have a C64 and a CoCo 2, but I had to sell the C64
    and the CoCo 2 was stolen.

    That was my first home computer. Wrote a couple of BASIC programs with
    it, bought a couple of games on cassette. I hated how jiggling the case
    would upset the RAM pack and reset the entire thing.

    Not much later, I took a computer class in high school on 32K commodore
    PETs and got a C64 for Christmas. I was one of those kids who got a
    modem for Christmas and sat up calling BBSes on Mom and Dad's phone
    line, wanting to set up my killer 1337 board when they were asleep.
    With one floppy drive.




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