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"Never pet a burning dog"
I had the TRS-80 16K and then the Model III with 32K RAM. I also got custom 360K double sided floppies, but the interface gave me problems. A "green screen" helped with the slow refresh rate a little bit on the early B/W monitors. I have 2ms refresh monitors now. No GUI back then... TRSDOS and BASIC programming.
Fluorescent lights drove me nuts in my office after getting off a crew before retirement from the USAF.
I used to carry the TRS-80 setups, HAM radios, and other toys on USAF alert tours... even had a full HF setup with antenna cable out the door from the underground alert facility in the 70's and 80's. B-52's at Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
USAF Retired '88, NRA Life Member. Wife USAF Retired '96
Avatar: Wynn re-enlists his wife Desiree, circa 1988 Loring AFB, ME. 42nd BMW, Heavy (SAC) B-52G's
Frédéric Bastiat’s essay, The Law: http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf
Thomas Jefferson said
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
and
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".
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"Never pet a burning dog"
I thought those were space age marvels, but were out of my price range at the time.
Side note: Jon Shirley, the guy who led the expansion of Radio Shack & the Tandy Corporation, then later the CEO of Microsoft, was a classmate of my oldest brother at the Antilles Consolidated School when we were stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico during the early 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Shirley
I was unaware of Jon’s lofty career until a few years ago.
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition
-Rudyard Kipling
I used to love Radio Shack, it was a wonderland of really cool stuff if you were a nerd like me…..Back in the day I thought I was on top of technology but these days it has run me over…….I need a grandchild to fix my TV remote so I can watch “The Rifleman” reruns….Still hoping
Ahhh new phones CAUTION!
https://youtu.be/sRmVEnP-EXs?si=h-mJd3-R-Qr3Ne2y
"Life Member NRA" / GOA Member.
I am addicted to brake fluid...don't worry I can STOP at anytime!
Hold me mommy, I'm skeered!
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."