Twenty some years tends to blend the memories together.  <grin>  Luggin'
that beast (an Osborne II -- it had DUAL drives)  from one terminal to
another sure made it feel like 50 pounds.

I think the Commodore PET (or was it the Trash 80?) had an odd disk format,
but it was a CP/M machine too.

I only recall 180K single sided disks and 360K double sided on the PeeCee.
But then again, sometimes I forget my name after I sneeze, so 20 years would
.........

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Gillett <[log in to unmask]>

> On 14 Aug 99, at 15:36, Jim Meagher wrote:
>
> > I too, started with VC (and WordStar).... on a 50 pound Osborne
"portable"
> > computer with a 6" TV screen.  I thought I'd died and gone to heaven
when
> > they gave me a PC.  (You mean you can store data on BOTH sides of the
> > floppy? <grin> A whole 360K???? WOW!!!!)
>
>   The first useful machine I owned outright was also an Osborne I.  [I
> believe my Dad still has four of them....]

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