Off topic, just have to vent!

[Charles Crawford]

Now that is interesting that the state made you give backa 386 last year? A 
386 in the age of Windows?  Now either they have caught on to linux and the 
productivity that can still be realized from even older machines, or the 
Governor is collecting scrap metal to pay for XP.  Grin.

-- charlie Crawford.
At 06:43 PM 04/12/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>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
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk
> > > > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239
> > > > ICQ: #61744808
> > > >    Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> > > >    See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > > >
> > > >
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