Darren New wrote:
> 
> One day, "Hey, I can't get the Apple ][ to talk to the Kay-pro."
> 

That brings back memories, BTW. One of the first computers I actually 
had my hands on was a Kaypro. I remember thinking CP/M was very similar 
to DOS, later I learned DOS was based on CP/M.

> After a few such tries, one of us got a tingle trying to plug the serial 
> connector into the patch panel. Oh, jeez, house current on the serial 
> port ground. We managed to fry every single serial port, except that the 
> radio shack machine had 2 and we only fried one of them.
> 

Ouch. How did that happen, BTW?
-- 
~Mike

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