Off topic, just have to vent!

[Alex Snow]

Well, my 386 was a state machine so I had to give it back last year.  It had
a keynote gold synth built in, and had pretty good speach.  I got sort of
good with quick basic in dos, My most productive program would freeze the
computer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Watson, Keith" <Keith.Watson at Sypris.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:38 AM
Subject: RE: Off topic, just have to vent!


> Ok, since we are talking about our first systems, mine was ( is ) a
comadore
> pet with 8K of ram and the only input device was a tape drive. The only
> reason I mention this is that I just stubbed my toe on it last weekend and
> my wife tried to get me to throw it away. I firmly told her that she would
> go before that box. I'm thinking of donating it to a museum but i'm not
sure
> I can part with it. Even though it's got about 3 inches of dust on it.
>
> Keith Watson
> Sypris Electronics
> Email:  Keith.Watson at sypris.com <mailto:Keith.Watson at sypris.com>
> Phone: (813) 972-6270
> Fax #:  (813) 972-6842
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:gnowak1 at uic.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:37 PM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> 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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