-----Original Message----- From: Martin Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 14 November 1999 07:13 Subject: Re: Wincoupe
>> >Robert Wilkinson wrote: > >> My machines a 166 pentium. > >> > >> Wincoupe needs a faster machine than this >> > > Martin Wilson Wrote >Cor somepeople don't know they're born. I'm only using a Amstrad 386 system with >built in megadrive and I'm happy to have it. Fast enough for email and a bit of >browsing. 4MEG is ample. 166 indeed thats a bloomin powerhouse of a computer. >They don't know there born nowadays. I remember when you could get into the >cinema, a few pints of beer and a 3 course meal for less than half a crown..... > > Up until 18 months ago I was using a 286, 16 Mhz, 4Mbs Ram, 40Mbs hard drive. I couldn't afford an all singing all dancing machine. I visited sunday boot sales. Picked up a cheap motherboard here, a proccessor there, etc,etc. My machine cost less than £100.00. It can be done. It is also slow by todays standards. And I also remenber those days, plus taking ration books to the shop for my mum. Bob Wilkinson. (getting cranky)
