Off topic, just have to vent!

[Alex Snow]

Well, I learned to type on an apple 2e with 2 disk2 floppy drives and
talking typer from APH with one of those echo synths. Hated it! Used to make
it crash and make the teacher come over and fix it for me even though I new
how.   Sources tell me that it's still in the "Computer Lab".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Off topic, just have to vent!


> Ah well now, my first machine was a 286 IBM ps/2 2011-c34 with 1 mb of RAM
and a 30 mb hd. I still have it too, though you can't do much with DOS and
such a small amount of resources. It's in good condition too, I just need to
get hold of a floppy drive to replace the original.
>
> Well, that's all from me about my first machine.
> Greg
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 04:44:30PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > The slowest notebook I have now is a toshiba 75 mhz with 800 megs of
hdd.
> > I'm thinking of putting linux on it.  Toshibas are good machines.  My
first
> > computer was a 386/8 mhz with 80 mb disk.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: Off topic, just have to vent!
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me if this deal on a 486 notebook really sux? I
think
> > > > it does. Found it on pricewatch.com: (Not New) REFURBISHED - 4400C,
> > > > 1Year Labor/90days Parts Ltd. Warranty 486/25,8MB/200MB Hard Drive,
> > > > 1.44 Floppy, Active Color,Serial/Parallel ports no adapter included
> > > > (Part - T4400C ) $ 89 I mean, what are you supposed to do with that?
> > > > Linux will barely run on it.  If someone offered me one for free,
I'd
> > > > take it. but not for $89.
> > >
> > > Hmmm, probably the biggest problem there is the hdd, and you'll
probably
> > > find that most of that $89 is for the lcd display.  Still, it'll
handle
> > > Linux ok, but your bigbgest problem would probably be the lack of a
cdrom
> > > drive, though I do believe that the Slakware A disk series will still
go
> > > onto floppies, which is the minimum neededc to get get system up, so
you
> > > can install over the net or whatever.  Wouldn't go for it personally
> > > though, as I have a 486 notebook with higher spec.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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