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From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 26 May 1998 3:16
Subject: Re: Original IBM PC (was Re: Prices to pay for old
>At 01:46 PM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>> Your hopes are dashed. The only pricey IBM PCs are the ones that had
16K
>>> installed at the factory and weren't upgraded. The 64K ones are
relatively
>>
>>That's absurd (bordering on perverse) -- what could you DO with a machine
>>like that? (Yes, run BASIC and use cassettes... I know.)
>
>In my day, sonny, 16K was plenty of room. Back then, we knew how to
>program. It was an art. Not like the kids today, with their megabytes and
>Gooeys and write-once-read-many, magneto-optical, doohickies... (whups,
>gotta go, time for maaaatttlooock!)
>
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>Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
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I have one question , well I actually have two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives that
makes them die???
anyone??
Received on Tue May 26 1998 - 03:44:29 BST