Rumor has it that Brian Chase may have mentioned these words:
>On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
>
> > > > Tandy M100, M102, M200. Olivetti M10. And whatever the Kyocera version
> > > > was called. (OK, they contain an 8085 CPU, which was originally an
> Intel
> > > > design, but I don't think that's the normal meaning of 'Wintel')
> > >
> > > These are Wintel, but they are MStel. The ROM was written by
> > > Microsoft. ^
> > |
> > I meant "These aren't Wintel..." |
> /
>Pronounced "Messtel", I presume? --'
Huh? Them's Fightin' words!!! You know, there actually was a time near 20
years ago when you had a chance of getting a decent product out of M$...
Then Winders came & screwed it all up; hence the Wintel moniker...
[[ and yes, I still use my Tandy 200 on a regular basis... ]]
>-brian.
-Merch.
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
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disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Wed Aug 07 2002 - 09:41:00 BST