bio (was Re: [Coco] Cutting Cord)

[Lothan]

I got the computer bug in high school playing with a couple of trainers with
8080 and 6800 microprocessors. These magical beasts had hex keypads, 4K
monitor ROMS, 2K RAM, and 7-segment LEDs for display. I had also learned
some second-hand information about UNIX and knew I wanted it but couldn't
afford the required platform. In 1981 or 1982 I dropped by the Radio Shack
Computer Center and saw a copy of OS-9 sitting on the shelf. After browsing
through the manuals, I picked up a Color Computer, disk drive system, and
OS-9. I was never much of a BASIC fan, so I used OS-9 almost exclusively.
Ialso dropped a bundle on Bruce Isted's 20MB hard drive system; if I
remember correctly, it cost more than the CoCo and floppy drive combined but
it was well worth the investment. I also upgraded to a CoCo 3 with 2MB RAM
expansion when it first came out.

My claim to fame, if you can call it that, came when I started managing the
OS-9 forum on DELPHI. Eventually I packed my bags and began working as the
technical editor for Rainbow; of course, Rainbow was well in decline by the
time I was hired. It paid barely enough to keep food on the table, but I
enjoyed working with the CoCo community. I just wish I could have afforded
to pick up an MM/1 or Delmar System IV when they came out. I eventually
moved on and am now managing a team of software developers working with the
Windows platform and playing with MESS in my spare time.

 
-----Original Message-----
From: coco-admin at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-admin at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Ken Carlin
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:06 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: bio (was Re: [Coco] Cutting Cord)

Here's my bio:

-Ken Carlin
-Valencia PA (just north of Pittsburgh) - lived in this area all my life
-Age 38 (I feel like the baby of this list right now too <grin>)
-Got an original 4K CoCo1 for Christmas shortly after they came out
-Went the whole route (upgrade to 32K, then CoCo2, then job at Radio Shack,
then CoCo3)
-Had a slot machine program published in Rainbow beginner's column
-I've become a CoCo packrat.  I'm collecting non-Radio Shack
software/hardware in the hopes of one day archiving it all for everyone to
share.  Of course, that involves more time than I have...

I guess that's it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ostro011" <ostro011 at umn.edu>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>; <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Cutting Cord


> OK, this brings up an interesting idea.  I'd like to see a snapshot bio on
> each of us members of Dennis' new list, including age, when you got
> interested in the Coco, your Coco "claim-to-fame", other hobbies, etc.
> Very short and to the point.
>


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