Re: Classic Computers

[Thomas Mueller]

Sam Ewalt wrote:

>My price point for computer buying is around two-hundred and
>fifty bucks. Six years ago I paid that for an XT. Checking the
>used computer prices in Detroit I  see where I could now get a
>Dell Pentium 200 with 64mb a 2GBHD, CD, and a 17" monitor for
>$234.95 plus shipping.

Sounds like a great deal considering how much a 17" monitor would cost.
Possible downsides might be Winmodem and proprietary BIOS that would make it
difficult to run anything other than MS Windows.  But I am curious enough to
check Second Wind PCs.  Maybe I could move my Trantor T130B SCSI card and
Diamond SupraExpress 56i modem from the present computer?

What OS ran on the PC jr & early XTs?  Anybody have experience with CP/M (just
curiosity on my part, I never saw CP/M in action)?  Didn't IBM computers have 
ROM BASIC?  All this was long before the World Wide Web.