--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > What? Valueless? Not at all. Get an XT or an 286, give it a 10 or 20 meg
> > HD, throw a 10BaseT network card in it (I have those coming out of my
> > ears, thanks to all my friends!), install Minix on it, and make it a node
> > on your friendly house-hold network. Or forget the network card and use a
>
> Oh, sure. _I_ don't think they're valueless either. On the desk in front
> of me is an XT (original IBM5160). It runs my EPROM programmer, my GAL
> programmer, my cable tester, etc. It reads PERQ disks. It is certainly
> useful to me.
I use a Commodore Colt for the same thing - 8088, soft turbo mode, 3 8-bit
slots, supports 3.5" 720K floppies, built-in XT-IDE (I've got a WD93028X
on it). I have my ROM programmer on it, an 8003 Ethernet card and I move
files to and from it with Kermit over TCP/IP.
This does not mean that it's all I would ever want... I enjoy the web, and
it's not suitable for more than Lynx, but I do use it and I wouldn't retire
it easily.
-ethan
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Received on Sat Apr 17 1999 - 18:24:21 BST