-=> Gaylen Hintz wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 GH>  wow, that was a bargain back in those days. 

 DD> Actually it was about standard (in my area). For $100 more you could
 DD> get a dual floppy drive and have both a:/ and b:/ drives. And you had a
 DD> choice of 8" or 5.25" drives. Thannk providence I didn't go with the 8"
 DD> guys. They were fading fast, even then.

 GH>  hehehehe, yep... my color computer took the 5 1/5 inch floppies <thank
 GH> goodness>
 GH> though single sided double density. Added the os/9 operating system,
 GH> compiled device
 GH> drivers for the 3 1/2 floppies and I was in hog heaven.

I didn't get into 3.5" floppies until I got my Amiga. I just got one of
those notcher deals and made "flippies" out of my 5.25" floppies.

Now the only 3.5" floppy I have left is the promo Amiga calculator that
Commode Door put out back when I owned my computer store. They sold like
hotcakes as stocking stuffers (it was around Xmas). Thank providence I
kept one for myself. Still works, too. Here's a link to an IBM version
of the item .... https://tinyurl.com/I-FLOPPY-BM

 GH> ah come on now, just think how much fun you had learning all this
 GH> stuff and it carries on to today.  Imagine growing up and getting
 GH> into computing with only the point and click interface. 

 DD> Or thinking you *HAVE* to be tethered to your $mart-a$$ phone.  Bv(=

 GH>  bwahahahahah  yeah... that too. 

 DD> Helping my brother clean out a basement storage space the other day I
 DD> came across a Coleco Adam I had bought his daughters in an attempt to
 DD> wean them away from Q*Bert and Donkey Kong to more productive pursuits.

 GH>  hehehehe, with the Ziglog Z80 chip?  Initial price back in 1983 at
 GH> $600 was quite an investment wasn't it. 

Didn't pay near that. I am not an "early adopter" and when the Adam 
didn't "fly off the shelves" dealers - most of whom were toy/game stores
who didn't understand computers - cut prices dramatically to make room
for game consoles.   Bv)=

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