Dan Gookin
@dangookin
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Author of lotsa technology books and online courses. This account is focused on technology and programming. It is not political. I will block political trolls.
North Idaho
Joined July 2008
Here is a quick hardware tour of the Tandy / TRS-80 Model 100. It was pretty sophisticated for a portable gizmo from the 1980s. #tandy #radioshack #model100 #oldcomputers #vintage #nostalgia #nerd #tech
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Today, I put batteries into the Model 100 and turned it on. Did it work? #radioshack #tandy #model100 #oldcomputers #nostalgia #nerd #tech
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A peek at the treasures found in that TRS-80 Model 100 case. Lotsa goodies! It's like an unboxing but 40 years later! #radioshack #tandy #model100 #laptop #oldcomputers #tech #nerd #nostalgia
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It's been in my computer boneyard for years. Only now am I taking a good look at the treasure I have. #radioshack #laptop #oldcomputers #nostalgia #tech #nerd
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For today's #cprogramming Lesson, I explore the concept of allocation and managing multiple buffers in an allocated buffer. It's nuts, but it's one of the ways you can learn to manage those whacky pointers in C. https://t.co/kjNlUdtmES
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I have no clue whether I ever used this peripheral nor why I've hung onto it. #laptop #nostalgia #oldcomputers #tech #nerd
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It was my first, favorite version of Windows - which is why I still have a copy. Should I buy a li'l PC and install it? #windows #oldcomputers #nostalgia #tech #nerd
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It was the most popular of all the original Android phones: The Droid! And it had a *real* keyboard. #oldcomputers #android #phones #nostalgia #tech #nerd
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For subscribing to CompuServe online during the primitive days of dialup, I received a hardware toolkit. I still have it! #oldcomputers #nostalgia #tech #dialup #nerd
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Here's a tip I used to help my Mom (who isn't computer literate) get into her computer. Scary for mom. #troubleshooting #windows #tips #tech
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For this week's #cprogramming Lesson, I concoct a replacement strcpy() function. This function checks sizes and reports overflow and underflow. Completing a task such as this is often a challenge presented to programmers desiring a job coding in C. https://t.co/TQGKn7ujiW
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The just don't make manuals like they used to, especially the original Microsoft Mouse manual. #oldcomputers #nostalgia #msdos #tech #mouse #basic
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BACK IN THE DAY (which I say too often), software arrived in boxes - along with a manual. Back in the day. #oldcomputers #tech #software #wordperfect #nostalgia
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It was a one-time thing - or maybe a two-time thing. The only two-volume For Dummies title, and the largest, fatted For Dummies book EVAR! #fordummies #books #nostalgia #tech #publishing
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This month's #cprogramming challenge is to code Heron's Formula. It's an interesting mathematical thing to calculate the area of a triangle based on the length of its three sides. Fun math stuff! https://t.co/6kDU8QxVEB
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The year is 1988. And this tome is perhaps the greatest and most useful computer book for nerds of all time: The MS-DOS Encyclopedia. #msdos #oldcomputers #tech #nerd #microsoft #dos
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Do you want a job coding in C? They may ask you to write a sample program or even just a function. Often this function is a better version of strcpy(). Are you up to the task? #cprogramming
https://t.co/OcJ403MEtj
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People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms - especially for this tiny laptop expansion card, a relic of the past. #oldcomputers #nostalgia #laptop #nerd #tech
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It was a good standard, fast for the time, and a great acronym! #oldcomputer #nostalgia #tech #nerd #scsi
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