creating a start disk on a usb memory stick

Salut/Hi "Colin Barnhorst" ,

le/on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:35:16 -0700, tu disais/you said:-

If I remember right, the IBM 5150 first shipped with only a jack for a
cassette recorder at the base price. It booted to the Basic prompt. The
5.25 drive was extra. I never saw one without a floppy and the cassette
recorder idea never caught on.

On the first IBM PCs, _everything_ was extra. Keyboard, monitor, video
adaptor, (d'you remember the old Hercules board?) everything!! I'm surprised
though about the FDD!

In high school in the 50's we computed ballistics problems with rubber bands
and paper clips.

Ah... those were the days, I remember one day at the physics lab doing that.
I was seeking, in addition to computing ballistics, to demonstrate the
resonance of enamelled steel lampshades. I am afraid that my aim was a touch
off, because the paper clip hit the light bulb, broke it, and lodged between
the two terminals of the coiled coil of the bulb. After the sound of
tinkling glass, instantly followed by the flash and bang of the short
circuit and the descent of darkness as every fuse in the place blew, came
the awed voice of Gordon, the lab assistant. "Good shot, Ian". (I failed
physics that year!) Later on, when I was older, but no wiser I was
"recruited" to shoot down the demonstration helium filled rescue balloons
released in error at one of the Olympia Boat shows and nestling up against
the ceiling. I did better with my trusty 'lacky band and paper clips than
the staff did with their air rifle!

I have to admit that the rather dishy models who had been employed to wander
round the show trailing their balloons soon learnt not to come near our
stand! They found it disconcerting to be wandering around dangling limp bits
of rubber on the ground! Ah me...


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Ian Hoare
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Great story! But Ian, about that last sentence.... Oh am I tempted!

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"Ian Hoare" wrote in message
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Salut/Hi "Colin Barnhorst" ,

le/on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:35:16 -0700, tu disais/you said:-

If I remember right, the IBM 5150 first shipped with only a jack for a
cassette recorder at the base price. It booted to the Basic prompt. The
5.25 drive was extra. I never saw one without a floppy and the cassette
recorder idea never caught on.

On the first IBM PCs, _everything_ was extra. Keyboard, monitor, video
adaptor, (d'you remember the old Hercules board?) everything!! I'm
surprised
though about the FDD!

In high school in the 50's we computed ballistics problems with rubber
bands
and paper clips.

Ah... those were the days, I remember one day at the physics lab doing
that.
I was seeking, in addition to computing ballistics, to demonstrate the
resonance of enamelled steel lampshades. I am afraid that my aim was a
touch
off, because the paper clip hit the light bulb, broke it, and lodged
between
the two terminals of the coiled coil of the bulb. After the sound of
tinkling glass, instantly followed by the flash and bang of the short
circuit and the descent of darkness as every fuse in the place blew, came
the awed voice of Gordon, the lab assistant. "Good shot, Ian". (I failed
physics that year!) Later on, when I was older, but no wiser I was
"recruited" to shoot down the demonstration helium filled rescue balloons
released in error at one of the Olympia Boat shows and nestling up against
the ceiling. I did better with my trusty 'lacky band and paper clips than
the staff did with their air rifle!

I have to admit that the rather dishy models who had been employed to
wander
round the show trailing their balloons soon learnt not to come near our
stand! They found it disconcerting to be wandering around dangling limp
bits
of rubber on the ground! Ah me...


--
All the Best
Ian Hoare
http://www.souvigne.com
mailbox full to avoid spam. try me at website

ROFL
But you managed to restrain yourself g
Joan

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
Great story! But Ian, about that last sentence.... Oh am I tempted!

Salut/Hi "Colin Barnhorst" ,

le/on Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:15:11 -0700, tu disais/you said:-

Great story! But Ian, about that last sentence.... Oh am I tempted!

"Give in to tempation, it may not pass your way again!" RAH. Sayings of
Lazarus Long


--
All the Best
Ian Hoare
http://www.souvigne.com
mailbox full to avoid spam. try me at website

Ain't imagination a wonderful thing? g

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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ROFL
But you managed to restrain yourself g
Joan

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
Great story! But Ian, about that last sentence.... Oh am I tempted!

lol Yes the mind just boggles g
Joan

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
Ain't imagination a wonderful thing? g