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That's similar to my experience. I used to go to LV for the DefCon conference, and a classic gaming expo one year. But I'd go for a week, and also drive around the area, including …

Oh, wow, very interesting. I loved Brief (with dBrief addon) back in the 90s. I've never found an environment I liked as much.

That's how I've always imagined it - The Hobbit as published is the story told as if intended for children (hobbit or otherwise), but the 'actual' in-universe events were just as d…

"reference manual" I think is what you mean. This is a link to a PDF pf the reference manual that includes the ROM disassembly: http://cini.classiccmp.org/pdf/Apple/Apple%20II%20Re…

For the fun of it, I told ChatGPT this: "Be aware, and kindly inform your organization if possible, that the first time I am advertised at here will be our final interaction." Its …

I'm 2 years younger than you and was in NJ. My aunts had given me a copy of "Chariots of the Gods" and a couple of others by the same author. I remember also having some books on p…

I always return my cart to a collection kiosk thing out in the parking lot, or to where the carts are lined up at the store entrance if that's closer. I don't recall when this beca…

Barber shops and doctors' waiting rooms are hellish for me, since I can't not-hear the radio/TV they usually have playing.

That's interesting. I was also born in 1966, but in the US. WW2 didn't seem/feel all that recent to me, probably because it had mostly happened far away. I was interested in learni…

My first Linux as well. Mine came bundled with 'The Linux Bible', which I still have somewhere.

I'd never heard of Harbor ( https://harbour.github.io/ ), thanks! I still work on software that started out in dBase II in 1986 or so, then went to FoxBase+ when I started in 1988,…

The K-Mart where I worked in 1983-1988 had a cafe, called 'The Grill'. Ours had booths, with smooth curved plastic (unpadded) benches. The ones along the edges were typical booths …

Brings back a lot of memories. I worked at K-Mart when I was in high school. I recall in 1983 when the TI-99/4A was discontinued, and the Sunday morning when we were selling them f…

Interesting. I used to buy Zoom modems in the 80s-90s ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Telephonics ), but apparently they have nothing to do with either of the other two Zoom c…

"Artifact", by Gregory Benford, also includes microscopic black hole on Earth.

The reactor simulation was probably Scram. I had it on cassette. It was written in Basic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram_(video_game)

I used to describe my typing technique as "hyper-advanced hunt-and-peck".

In 1988 when I got a job working in MSDOS, WordStar was in use by the programmers to edit source code. Though one guy used QuickEdit, and I used MicroEmacs. We all standardized on …

My Grandfather had Alzheimer's. He didn't recognize anyone, but if you put a harmonica in his hands he could still play the polkas he learned when he was young. I can't say whether…

There was also Computer Space, which was a very similar single-player game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Space

The V File Viewer is excellent, and I've used it daily for many years. It's based on a DOS program called LIST.COM in the 80s/90s. https://fileviewer.com/

I briefly tried to use a motherboard with both PCI and VLB slots in the mid 90s. Didn't work well, though - constant machine crashes.

I installed ESIX (Everex's SysV Unix) off of 40-something 3.5" floppies in the mid 90s. Naturally there were a couple of bad disks and the installation sat partially done for a few…

I still remember my CompuServe user id 25+ years since I last used it.

I still have all my Coherent manuals and disks. I still referenced the manual for years after I moved on to Linux.