Semi-OT: Last week's "The Big Bang Theory"

[Richard Kreiss]

I eventually bought a model 12 with the external hard drive, with Xenix and
filePro.  I went kicking and screaming into the DOS world as that's what my
client base wanted.  Another change in filePro.

I am sitting here looking at my  filePro/Profile manuals.  Profile 16
Multi-user, filePro 16 with version 3 & 4 updates.  The pamphlet size
filePro Plus 4.5 New features guide plus various other publications
pertaining to filePro.

When I got my Model 12 with the 2 large capacity floppy disk drive, I used
to travel with those disks.  I was in another business at the time and would
stop in at a local Radio Shack computer Center and ask to use their
computer.  I had written an application for my business and would enter my
orders daily.  The Centers were only too happy to let me use their
computers.  Often customers would come over to me and ask me questions about
my program.  A number of times those people purchased a computer a Profile.

I kept that machine for a long time.  I finally gave it to a client when
their machine died and I was in the process of rewriting their application
to run on a DOS machine.  That was a profitable re-write as I sold about 20
copies of that program.  5 of those clients are still using that program.
The rest are out of business.

Richard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 11:18 AM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Last week's "The Big Bang Theory"
> 
> Very cool Richard,  I bought a Model III & Profile at our local "Shack"
...... then
> 6 mo. later (1981?) bought a Tandy 2000 (286) with a killer 10 meg HD and
> had to get a NEW version of  Profile from Small ....laugh.   Seems like I
bought a
> Model 4 along in there somewhere.   I was just about to spring for one of
> Tandy's AT compatible box's (3000?) when I went to work for a local  PUMP
> Mfg. and they bought me a AST 386/33 that literally FLEW .....  They
bought
> filePro 3.0  ....ohhh the excitement of it all back in those days.
> 
> I have tried to watch the Big Bang Theory .....  sorry,  Ken,   Dave Prady
.....  its
> not entertainment for me or anybody I know.
> 
> Wayne Smith
> Port Orange, Florida
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GCC Consulting
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:38 AM
> To: 'Kenneth Brody' ; 'Ken Cole'
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: Semi-OT: Last week's "The Big Bang Theory"
> 
> > Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Last week's "The Big Bang Theory"
> >
> > On 5/8/2012 8:13 PM, Ken Cole wrote:
> > > Especially since we won't see that episode down under for who knows
> > > how many weeks/months/years :-(
> >
> > Not even online?
> >
> >      http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/video
> >
> > Let me guess, cbs.com blocks access from non-US IP addresses?
> >
> > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Scott<scott.filepro at aanet.com.au>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Ok.... so will someone fill in the blanks?
> > >>
> > >> "name drop"?
> > [...]
> >
> > Howard gets a call from NASA regarding his upcoming mission, and the
> caller
> > identifies himself as Dave Roeger.
> >
> > --
> > Kenneth Brody
> 
> Interesting fact:
> 
> Dave sold me my first Radio Shack Model II computer with profile.  That
was
> before he joined the small computer staff.  That goes back a long time (:
> 
> He was working at the computer center on 5th avenue between 3th and 37th
> streets if memory servers.
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
> 
> Office: 410-653-2813
> 
> 
> 
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