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  1. @mediaarchaeologylab BTW, important area connections to : Phil Becker, later formed -based . Not positive, but pretty sure ran on 's souped-up Newdos/80, rather than Radio Shack's . developers Jim Lauletta and Clifford Ide were based in Denver.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brea
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESoft
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewDos%2
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparat%.

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  2. @mediaarchaeologylab BTW, important #Denver area connections to #TBBS: Phil Becker, later formed #Broomfield-based #eSoft. Not positive, but pretty sure #TBBS ran on #Apparat's souped-up Newdos/80, rather than Radio Shack's #TRSDOS. #Newdos developers Jim Lauletta and Clifford Ide were based in Denver.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brea
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESoft
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewDos%2
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparat%.

    PSA: if you've got documented facts to add to Wikipedia articles, please jump in, edit articles

  3. @mediaarchaeologylab BTW, important #Denver area connections to #TBBS: Phil Becker, later formed #Broomfield-based #eSoft. Not positive, but pretty sure #TBBS ran on #Apparat's souped-up Newdos/80, rather than Radio Shack's #TRSDOS. #Newdos developers Jim Lauletta and Clifford Ide were based in Denver.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brea
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESoft
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewDos%2
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparat%.

    PSA: if you've got documented facts to add to Wikipedia articles, please jump in, edit articles

  4. @mediaarchaeologylab Back in the day, I spent a lot of time - way too much 😉 - talking to folks on #TRS80 #TBBS message boards (300 / 1200 / 2400 baud). #BBS community was mostly cool; no toxic anonymous twitter trolls, bots IIRC👍