On Jun 14, 2023, at 10:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
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> Well, I don't know about the 640KB quote, but he did say that OS/2 (what
> was to become Warp 3) had Microsoft's full commitment. (cf "The OS/2
> handbook"). At the time he said it, MS was already developing NT and
> had not the
Well, I don't know about the 640KB quote, but he did say that OS/2 (what
was to become Warp 3) had Microsoft's full commitment. (cf "The OS/2
handbook"). At the time he said it, MS was already developing NT and
had not the slightest intention of honoring that statement.
What I also remember is
On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, Ali via cctalk wrote:
So I had always heard the quote "640KB is enough memory" being attributed to
Bill Gates. However, recently I was watching Dave Plummer on YT and he said
that it is not true:
https://youtu.be/bikbJPI-7Kg?t=372
And apparently the man himself has denied it
A 100% verifiable quote about memory from 1981:
> Apple Computer president, A. C. Markkula, Jr. is confident that
> Apple products will continue to do well. “The IBM is more expensive
> than the Apple II, and the Apple III offers better performance,” he
> says.
> Markkula points out that
Sitting here paging in old stuff from my brain. I'll bet you have an
ArcNet card, and on the card it has a BIOS bootloader that was designed
to do a BOOTP load of a DOS from a Netware or 3Com server.
Pull the card and it will probably boot normally off the floppy.
CZ
On 6/14/2023 7:16 PM,
Guys...I just wanted to know if anyone has either an original user/tech
guide or worked with the actual specific machine. Maybe there is a
password reset util disk image floating around specific to the original PCs
Limited system, or a backdoor password ...that's what I am after...the
original
What cards are plugged into the motherboard?
What video do you have connected?
On 3 digit error codes, 4xx was monochrome video problems
Do you get any beeps?
Does it have a dipswitch (SW1)? What are the current settings of it?
With all cards removed, and SW1 (if it has one) switches 5 and 6
> On 06/14/2023 4:47 PM CDT Bill Degnan via cctalk
> wrote:
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>
> Obviously I opened the box. So Inguess the Turbo board is just
> "motherboard"
> Bill
>
Back in those days I made my living assembling and repairing those XT machines.
The motherboards were almost universally from a
On 6/14/2023 1:08 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
Open it up and take a look. Maybe the daughterboard it
there and just needs reseating.
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On Jun 14, 2023, at 07:26, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
I am getting an error message when I boot up a recently
donated PCs
Or it was removed and the config wasn’t updated.
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> On Jun 14, 2023, at 14:47, Bill Degnan via cctalk
> wrote:
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> Obviously I opened the box. So Inguess the Turbo board is just
> "motherboard"
> Bill
>
>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 4:21 PM Chris Zach via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>
Obviously I opened the box. So Inguess the Turbo board is just
"motherboard"
Bill
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 4:21 PM Chris Zach via cctalk
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> I used to use (and service) PC Limited stuff back in the 90's at Macro.
> I don't remember a turbo board, just a normal XT system board. Pop the
> case
I used to use (and service) PC Limited stuff back in the 90's at Macro.
I don't remember a turbo board, just a normal XT system board. Pop the
case open and check.
If I recall PC Limited and Dell (what they became) came with call in
service from Xerox. Maybe give them a call? ;-)
CZ
On
Hi all,
I'm looking for various Itanium systems:
IBM eServer xSeries 380
IBM IntelliStation Z Pro Type 6894
Fujitsu Celsius 880
Silicon Graphics 750
HP i2000
HP Integrity rx4610
Dell Precision Workstation 730
Dell PowerEdge 7150
If you have a system you want off your hands, I'll pay!
Thanks,
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 12:22 PM Will Cooke via cctalk
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> > On 06/14/2023 12:58 PM CDT Bill Degnan via cctalk
> wrote:
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> > As far as the Bill Gates quote, I do remember reading an actual longer
> > quote somewhere (?), the context was lost from a larger paragraph if one
> > takes
> On 06/14/2023 12:58 PM CDT Bill Degnan via cctalk
> wrote:
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> As far as the Bill Gates quote, I do remember reading an actual longer
> quote somewhere (?), the context was lost from a larger paragraph if one
> takes just the snippet statement IIRC.
>
Maybe the longer quote was "I never
I remember when he was a programmer, and any of his programs would run in 64K.
I remember when he didn't even have 64K.
I remember when he used 8 bit processors.
I remember when he used 16 bit processors.
I remember when he used 32 bit processors.
I remember when he distributed software on
Maybe I an state this here without getting a lot of flack apart feom of
the youruber fan boys elsewhere... Sh...but a lot of the youtubers who
claim to be experts in vintage computing history or repairs are really just
experts in Google and Wiki searching, with good speaking skills.
Just
Open it up and take a look. Maybe the daughterboard it there and just needs
reseating.
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> On Jun 14, 2023, at 07:26, Bill Degnan via cctalk
> wrote:
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> I am getting an error message when I boot up a recently donated PCs Limited
> XT clone. The error is
>
> ARC Turbo
On Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:47 PM Ali via cctalk wrote:
> So I had always heard the quote "640KB is enough memory" being attributed
> to
> Bill Gates.
Along the same lines, I remember a supposed quote from Gates to the effect that
program specifications are a waste of time because the code is the
>that there were ways to write programs that _would_ fit in
> 640K and you should be doing that.
That sentiment is an entirely different statement and meaning from the quote
which is attributed to him.
I won't comment on Dave's videos because I don't have enough "insider"
knowledge to say how
> Based on other videos of Dave's that I've watched he doesn't really
> know
> what he's talking about so I wouldn't lend much credence to his
> apocrypha
> either.
>
Well, I am willing to believe him given the PC World article that I also linked
to in my original message And snopes.com
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 12:21 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk
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> Based on other videos of Dave's that I've watched he doesn't really know
> what he's talking about so I wouldn't lend much credence to his apocrypha
> either.
Agreed. Some months back, Dave put out one of his videos with a
Based on other videos of Dave's that I've watched he doesn't really know
what he's talking about so I wouldn't lend much credence to his apocrypha
either.
Sellam
On Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:47 PM Ali via cctalk wrote:
> So I had always heard the quote "640KB is enough memory" being attributed
>
I am getting an error message when I boot up a recently donated PCs Limited
XT clone. The error is
ARC Turbo Board
X Turbo System Error # 04
Does anyone have one of these boards, I believe the error means the board
has been removed, and the system can't find it/bad board. If so, please
advise
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