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- From: benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com (Adam Benjamin)
- Subject: Re: A4000 or NOT
- Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:13:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.131337.22119@zds-oem.zds.com>
- References: <10280@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com> <1h0i71INNp3t@uwm.edu> <5136@equinox.unr.edu>
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- In article <5136@equinox.unr.edu> jason@aspen.math.uh.edu (Jason Grimes) writes:
- >
- >My first experience with a computer was with a CBM PET 4016 and compared to
- >the other computers of the day ( TRS 80's and Apple II ) the PET was way cool.
- >It had a 40 column screen with 16 KBytes of memory and a graphics character
- >set. We programmed ( in basic ) most of the popular video games like
- >Defender, Space Invaders, Centiped, and a couple of others. They didn`t
- >look or play like the real things, but, it was fun anyways. All of the
- >programs
- >were saved to cassette tapes, which took about 10 min. to save and read. We
- >also had a PET 4008, two PET 8032`s, and a Super PET. This was in 1979 to 1984
- >I think.
- >
- >
- I vaguely remember playing some text adventure written in basic on a PET
- at the local Community college. I only remember falling into a pool that
- was full of mercury... anyway, What did (does?) PET stand for? anything?
- is it Pretty Electronic Thing? Programable Electronics & Transistors?
- What what?
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