Off topic, just have to vent!

[Alex Snow]

Nope, I think I'm the only student in the state of CT that even knows about
linux.  The machine's probably still sitting in a storage room someware.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Crawford" <CCrawford at ACB.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: Off topic, just have to vent!


> 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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