[Rhodes22-list] NAV software on Mac / was Ols Mac &PCs

[Lou Rosenberg]

Is any one on this list using
NAV software that can run on the MAC?

Lou



On Oct 28, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Joseph Hadzima wrote:

> Hi
>
> Speaking of early computers, did anyone read "Byte"
> magazine in the 80's?
>
> I found it interesting that the big add on devices were
> made for the Apple computers.
>
> First came a Z80 card - which replaced the 6502 processor
> so people could run a non-apple OS called CPM. Why you ask?
> Because more softeware was available for CPM based
> machines.
>
> Later, came something called the MacCharlie - which was
> another silly device to convert a Mac so it would run M/S
> DOS, and also all the available programs.
>
> This year Apple announced that they were converting from
> the PowerPC processor to Intel (the same used in the PC).
>
>
> What a long strange trip it's been!
>
> joe/hadz
>
>
> --- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
>> Philip,
>>
>> We went through this while you were off list.  My partner
>> bought Apple
>> II serial number 1935.  Floppy drives were $500 extra.
>> You loaded the
>> machine operating system and programs with cassette
>> tapes, from cassette
>> players with audio outputs (cassette players not
>> provided.)  I believe
>> they came with 8K of memory, and there was jubilation
>> around the office
>> when we upgraded (at great expense) to 16K.
>>
>> The original PCs also were available without floppy
>> drives.  I still
>> have an original PC-DOS on a cassette tape.  We bought
>> IBMs stripped
>> down, and added memory, drives, etc. and sold them for
>> 1/2 what IBM was
>> selling them for--and double what all the parts cost us.
>> This was
>> illegal, and IBM sent the Feds after everyone doing this.
>>  (By Federal
>> Law PCs had to be licensed by the FCC to ensure their
>> radiation was
>> within proscribed limits.)
>>
>> Most of us just tried to keep our heads down, but many
>> were driven out
>> of business.
>>
>> Michael Dell was doing this in Texas at the same time we
>> were doing it
>> in NY and California.  He hired lawyers, stalled, and
>> repeatedly broke
>> the law.  It turned out well for him.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>
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