Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.misc:1105 comp.os.cpm:4400 alt.folklore.computers:7250 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!bbn.com!nic!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!cos From: cos@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Ofer Inbar) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc,comp.os.cpm,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Early microcomputer networks Message-ID: <1990Nov20.201509.14205@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> Date: 20 Nov 90 20:15:09 GMT References: <1990Nov12.232142.16577@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1990Nov13.210141.28709@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1990Nov14.175037.1497@eng.umd.edu> <7228@hub.ucsb.edu> Organization: Brandeis University Computer Science Dept Lines: 23 In article <7228@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600raft@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Michael Wise) writes: >I remember using a Corvus Constellation setup in H.S. too. I remember >the servers came in 5, 10 and 20 meg versions (correct me if I'm wrong), >and that was pretty impressive when at the time an Apple ][ floppy >only held about 140K. > >Remember how when you booted up the Apple the constellation would appear >on the screen in ascii "*"s... We had an Apple ][ lab with a Corvus in elementary school; it was installed when I was in sixth grade (1981). The one thing I best remember about it was how often it crashed, and how often we lost all of our files. I really hated the thing, I almost expected to lose my files every time I went into the lab. The year I graduated from 8th grade they got a second Corvus (ack!). I used to use the Apple monitor program to write short machine language programs, and would save them on the Corvus using BSAVE. The computer teacher/sysadmin used to blame me for bringing down the Corvus by writing binary files to it. -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu -- WBRS (BRiS) -- WBRS@binah.cc.brandeis.edu WBRS@brandeis.bitnet