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POSSIBLE_FACTon CP/M creator Gary Kildall's memoirs released as free download

Absolutely loved when I randomly caught an episode of Computer Chronicles back in the old time days.

"The PC speaker could only play square waves, and had only one voice."

I am reminded of Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum, which let the PC speaker output something beyond just bleeps and bloops.

POSSIBLE_FACTon Elevator Expert on How to Move 10k People Up a 118-Floor Skyscraper [video]

mmmm. SimTower nostalgia..

POSSIBLE_FACTon Trying to find some life on the Usenet (2020)

it was in 1992 that i discovered what long distance calls actually cost, when my young dumb ass called up about 12 different non-local BBSes in search of more daily turns on Legend of the Red Dragon.. i didnt know modems would incur long distance fees just like phones... i was a special child