how time flies...(was Re: Classic Computers vs. Micro$oft 'droids (was: What other lists...)

From: Stan Barr <stanb_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Thu May 9 03:25:26 2002

Hi,

classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org said:
> >'Course for us old farts, it's hard to accept that even Amiga and Mac or
> >on-topic. Were they really THAT long ago?
>
> What's really bad is that in another couple of years it will
> have been a full 10 years since Commodore filed for bankruptcy and
> another 2 years after that it will be 10 years since Atari got
> swallowed by JTS. It is kind of hard to believe it's going on 20
> years since the intro of the Mac and Amiga though....

What surprised me was that even my Sharp 1251 pocket computer that amazed
everyone at work at the time (Basic and 3.5K in your shirt pocket...)
is 20 years old now...is this the smallest classic computer??

5 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 15/32 inches, 4 ounces, 0.03 Watts...

-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 03:25:26 BST

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