jim_flanegin wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> >> > wrote: > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> >>> > wrote: > >>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> >>>> > wrote: > >>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> >>>>> > wrote: > >>>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" >>>>>> > <jflanegi@> > >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" >>>>>>> <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>> <snip> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Besides, this PC is only 3 years old, and its 2.8GHz P4 >>>>>>>> is overkill for what I do. A couple years from now, >>>>>>>> everything will be multiple cores up the wazoo and >>>>>>>> > fully > >>>>>>>> capable of running the most bloated of bloatware. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Exactly. v1.0 is never a good deal. Hey remember 640K max >>>>>>> RAM for DOS with a 4.77MHz processor speed? >>>>>>> >>>>>> With two 5 1/4 360K floppy drives and no hard drive? >>>>>> >>>>>> I earned my living for two years with wunna dose. >>>>>> >>>>> Didn't have 640K RAM, either. It was 5-something-- >>>>> can't remember what, 525 sticks in my mind, but that >>>>> can't be right, can it? DOS 2, I think. Monochrome >>>>> monitor, of course. >>>>> >>>>> And a 1200-baud modem. Oh, the thrill when I upgraded >>>>> to a 2400-baud! >>>>> >>>> DOS 2? *Two* floppy drives? 1200 baud? >>>> >>>> You were a latecomer to personal computing. I'd >>>> guess that a few of the folks here beside myself >>>> remember CP/M and 300 baud modems. >>>> >>>> Or even further back, dumb teletype terminals, >>>> with no monitor. It was basically like a typewriter, >>>> communicating with a mainframe somewhere at 300 baud, >>>> printing out both what you typed and what came back >>>> from the host on rolls of paper. >>>> >>>> Oh, the good old days... :-) >>>> >>>> >>> I do, Barry but I didn't want do date myself. Kaypro or how >>> > about an > >>> Ohio Scientific Challenger... >>> >>> JohnY >>> >> Cammodore 64, bought off the rack at price club. It had a heavy >> > spread > >> sheet program! >> >> > Ah yes, the commodore 64 with the *tape* drive cassettes that would > load apps and games. They had a cool game called mousetrap, used to > play for hours. And had Basic on there too. The Amiga version of MouseTrap actually had the assembler source on the disk. :)
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