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TRS-80

Stopping spyware, adware, key-logging software, and popup ads

November 29, 2008

I’ve been around computers since the later 1970s, having gotten started in the early days of “personal computing” using a Tandy TRS-80, commonly referred to as a TRaSh-80 by the users. If you can’t figure out why, even after slowly looking at the name, I’m not sure I can help you.

After the TRS-80, I had a couple of other machines, a Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, a Commodore 128, and it went from there.

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Mac ads to take a look inside?

November 23, 2007

The Mac vs. PC ads that ran on national TV for months, then took a short break just prior to the launch of Mac’s Leopard OS update, are back on the air — and ad nauseam at that.

While the argument about Mac-vs.-PC is one of those school yard arguments for elementary school students, the real differences between the machines have really disappeared over the past 10 years or so.

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