On Tue, 26 May 1998, Desie Hay wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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!)
> >
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
> >
> >Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
> >roger_at_sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
> >Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
> >San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
> >
>
> 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??
Well, for one item, I am looking at a cassette from the IBM Personal
Computer Reference Library that is labled DIAGNOSTICS and is p/n #6081562.
It is version 1.02 and (C) 1981, 1982.
- don
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Received on Tue May 26 1998 - 13:28:16 BST