final brainteaser for the day

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Tue Jun 25 14:05:22 2002

>Eric Smith wrote:
>>
>> Ben wrote:
>> > Most real software started with the 286.
>>
>> Nice troll, dude!
>
>That was meant for the PC. Real computers had real software

I'd also disagree with that statement, I don't think it started until the
386. Sure you could do some tricks to get real OS's running on a 286, but
it wasn't until the 386 that you could get a decent, fully functional OS up
and running.

No troll, just my opinion.

                        Zane

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