What Makes the Zilog Z-80 So Versatile and Sought After?

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

...with all the snow, I figured this place would be crawling with consultants.

Who'da thunk it?

 

[rennea]

It's hard to believe but the weather here is actually nice today. Plus 9c with sun!! Must me the calm before the storm.

 

[amy07]

maybe everyone is doing shows? Doesn't anybody want to come out and play?

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Well, everyone in Ohio is whining about snow over in the other thread, so I figured maybe we could get them to come out and play with something besides snowmen.

 

[katie0128]

I've been here on-and-off all day... actually feeling a bit motivated and tried to get some PC work done. HA! What a concept!

 

[merego]

Well, everyone in Ohio is whining about snow over in the other thread, so I figured maybe we could get them to come out and play with something besides snowmen.

Oh whining in Ohio are we??? a bunch of whiners??
I am downing some wine right now, but I am not a whiner :angel:

 

[AnnieBee]

I'm here, but only for a minute or my DH will ban me from this site... He says he won't begrudge the time I spend at shows, but he will begrudge the time I spend at home here on this site, instead of with him, especially after the kiddo's are finally in bed. I guess he's got a point, but Chef Success is soooo addictive (I mean, where else can you find riveting discussions on mayo vs. MW and jello AND expereince the excitement of waiting for someone to find out if they're pregnant!! Oh, and there's some pretty good PC info here too ).

Anyway, I'm here to "find a recipe", so I guess I'd better do that before I'm found out... Just wanted to say hi to all of you out in cyberspace before I go...

I have so much to do tonight, my DD is 1 tomorrow (she's such a cutie!) and we have friends coming for lunch... Oh, and in case you hadn't heard, it is SNOWING like heck here in Ohio

 

[merego]

My dd turned 2 today, luckily her party is next Saturday and wasn't today.
my son will be 1 next week so we are doing a combined party and I am needing some recipes too. This site is very addicting

 

[pampered.chris]

I flipped my catalogs today for my 1st Spring/Summer season show tomorrow...and not to "whine" but PA is getting snow too!! LOL
I can't wait to get my laptop so I can be on here more!! Then I will probably get "banned" from spending time on CS!!
But just like AnnieBee said...this is SO ADDICTIVE!!!

 

[merego]

My DH is soooo regretting buying me my laptop~ LOL

 

[pampered.chris]

I just can't wait to get it!! I am still pretty new to this site. I can't believe I have been w/ the company for so long and just found out about this site!! I could sit here and read ALL day long!! And once I can sit on the couch and read this site while watching American Idol!! I really can't wait for it!! A week seems WAY too long!!

 

[merego]

I am fairly new but have met so many cool people that I can not wait to meet at conference.
I am a huge Big Brother fan, so I sit on the floor in the playroom with my laptop watching BB while the kids play around me

 

[KellyTheChef]

Our phones/cable/internet went down earlier today so I have been offline quite a bit today. Thankfully, it all came back up a bit ago. I thought my DH was gonna have a complete meltdown! He is a super online gamer and he was going into withdrawal from no internet connection!!

We are on a weather emergency here...no one allowed on the streets except for emergency personnel and others who MUST be out!

 

[chefann]

I've been playing a game for much of the day.

 

[katie0128]

Oh whining in Ohio are we??? a bunch of whiners??
I am downing some wine right now, but I am not a whiner :angel:

Whiner vs whino... tomato vs tamato! <giggle>

 

[merego]

After being housebound for 2 days, I need to be drunk to pass the time~ LOL

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

It is amazing how quickly our perspectives change...when the first microcomputers came out (they weren't called "personal computers" or even PC's until the IBM-PC came out in 1982) they were slow but useful, and amazing. Most people connected to local bulletin boards - those of us who were in the business would use those portals to connect to the Internet, although it was all text based then.)The first connections to remote servers were at 300 baud (you could actually read text as it scrolled on to your screen) and when the 1200 baud modems came out, we were ecstatic. There were local BBS systems all over the country, and one big service called Compuserv.The phone company told us we'd never be able to use speeds greater than 2400 baud. AOL came around and pretty much blew Compuserv away.(You'd dial a local access number to get on to the Compuserv or AOL network. You paid for your connect time per minute, so on and off was the modus operandi.)Not long after that, we got 9600 baud modems and that was about the same time the graphical interfaces were starting to get popular, so it didn't take long before that just wasn't fast enough.Compuserv and AOL weren't enough anymore - everyone wanted access to the Internet.Now, we're connected 24/7 through DSL or Cable or Satellite and we get upset when we lose our connection for one reason or another.

 

[merego]

It is amazing how quickly our perspectives change...when the first microcomputers came out (they weren't called "personal computers" or even PC's until the IBM-PC came out in 1982) they were slow but useful, and amazing. Most people connected to local bulletin boards - those of us who were in the business would use those portals to connect to the Internet, although it was all text based then.)

The first connections to remote servers were at 300 baud (you could actually read text as it scrolled on to your screen) and when the 1200 baud modems came out, we were ecstatic. There were local BBS systems all over the country, and one big service called Compuserv.

The phone company told us we'd never be able to use speeds greater than 2400 baud. AOL came around and pretty much blew Compuserv away.

(You'd dial a local access number to get on to the Compuserv or AOL network. You paid for your connect time per minute, so on and off was the modus operandi.)

Not long after that, we got 9600 baud modems and that was about the same time the graphical interfaces were starting to get popular, so it didn't take long before that just wasn't fast enough.

Compuserv and AOL weren't enough anymore - everyone wanted access to the Internet.

Now, we're connected 24/7 through DSL or Cable or Satellite and we get upset when we lose our connection for one reason or another.

I have to say I really enjoy reading what you post
This one is a tad too deep for me, but you have a point

 

[katie0128]

It is going to be interesting to watch how techology develops over our kids' lifetimes. My brothers are young enough (21 and 23) that they don't remember life without computers, cable, CD, cell phones or even cordless phones! I'm only 33, but some days "the boys" make me feel soooo old!!!

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

In twenty years, they'll write a post like I did, only they'll say something like, "When we were kids, we had these big, clunky things called "laptops" and we actually had to carry a thing like a brick, and that was our phone!"

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

I have to say I really enjoy reading what you post
This one is a tad too deep for me, but you have a point

Don't forget that I had to walk 5 miles to school each day, through 15 foot snow drifts, and it was uphill both ways.

Oh, wait. That was my father.

 

[pampchefrhondab]

I've been checking in now and then, but just got my "on demand" working on my cable tv and just got HBO and Showtime! I just watched two movies today for the first time in YEARS! Boy do I feel like I got nothing accomplished today! Feels kinda good!

 

[heather223]

I actually got some work done for my business today! Well that and I took a 3 hour nap...... I have to admit it was nice not having to go anywhere today!

 

[merego]

Don't forget that I had to walk 5 miles to school each day, through 15 foot snow drifts, and it was uphill both ways.

Oh, wait. That was my father.

was that with no shoes too??

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Nah, just holes in the soles that were patched with cardboard boxes.

 

[merego]

Poor thing

 

[katie0128]

That's nothing... my FIL was so poor, they had a dirt floor on the 2nd floor.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

My mother's family was so poor, Grandma served Cheerios with a fork so they could pass the milk around.

 

[katie0128]

We are so NOT going back to the "yo mamma" jokes.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Yo' started it.