Re: OT Turbo Pascal (was RE: a lang creation program idea)

> From: Chris Palmer
>
> The Gray Wizard writes:
>
> > "Turbo Pascal" and "TurboVision"!  Boy are they names out of
> the past.  As
> > it happens I do most of my own personal programming in Delphi,
> aka Object
> > Pascal, but I cut my Pascal teeth on version 1.0 of Turbo Pascal (well
> > that's not exactly true since I did write an Integer Pascal
> compiler for my
> > TRS 80 Model I so very many years ago).
>
> "TRS 80 Model I"! Boy is that a name out of the past. :) I got my start
> programming as a first grader, doing BASIC on one of those. My
> only storage
> medium was audio cassettes...
Indeed.  Mine was the first of its kind to be sold in the NYC Metro area.
My picture appeared in the local Radio Shack for some time.  My daughter,
now a mother of twins, also learned BASIC on the TRS-80 when she was 7.  And
yes, the original system only had cassette storage, although I later
upgraded it to include a floppy drive that held a whopping 16K.

Stay curious,
David

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
dbell@graywizard.net
www.graywizard.net
AIM: GraWzrd

Wisdom begins in wonder.

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