Len Over 21 wrote:

In article , "JAMES HAMPTON"
writes:

The very first personal computers had very crude (or only
ascii character) graphics. Why folks think that ham radio has stood still
for 30 or 40 or 50 years beats the heck out of me ...

Ahem, Jim, the first thing that comes to mind is "morse code." :-)

Then again, that's the first thing to come to your mind when someone
writes of helium balloons or of amateur radio in an emergency or of the
ARRL, or of military communications. :-) :-)

Dave K8MN