So, as I've mentioned before, I've recently come back to Atari 8 bit computing after decades away. Currently I don't actually have any of my old hardware, other than 520ST. I am in the progress of procuring some old hardware in the form of an 800XL and supporting hardware(possible disk drives/SIO solution/display/etc).
One of the goals I have set for myself is to *finally* do some programming for the old 800XL. I did BASIC back in the day on my old 400/800XL, when I was a kid.
Over the weekend, I was reminiscing with my dad about how he set up his home office for his job back in the 80's. He and the other engineers/draftsmen at the new company all had state of the art computers for structural/piping drawing with CAD software, etc. I remember the computer was a "beast" for the time with a 20MB! hard drive and people wondering how in the hell they'd use that. The computer cost around 4500 at the time, which is expensive for a good machine even now, let alone the 80's.
I will be making a trip to Galloping Ghost this week and will be posting thoughts, photos, and impressions. It's about time I did something with this blog. Stay tuned...
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