I bought the floppy disk & controller for $800. That was the same year I bought my wife a new Ford Mustang for $4500. I got a deal on a box of Diskettes at $40. My first printer was a model 15 teletype. The interface was a from ham radio gleanings. It evolved into Selectric IO printer from a scrapped IBM system. The problem is that I still have some of this junk. I believe the landfill is calling... John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net http://DixieNC.US NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyle Hazelwood" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 6:30 AM Subject: Re: RE : [OT:] - How many computers we own. > I remember building my own parallel printer port for the TRS-80 > Model 1. It was my first "hardware" project, but not my last. > I soon had an array of home interface hookups hardwired to the > computer, as well as a very early store bought X-10 interface. > > Gosh that was a few years back. I even took out a loan to get > the "Big" model with 16K of RAM. Wow. How times change. > > Lyle > > >I have a Model 2 and 12. Long live TRSDOS..... > >I think I paid over $6000 for the Model 12 and a daiseywheel printer and > >Visicalc. > > > >Rick > > > >John Ferrell wrote: > > > >> Oh ... there is also a TRS-80 II on that shelf as well. > >> > >> John Ferrell > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads