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On 01/30/2012 05:48 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:mikemol@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info |
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> <mailto:pandu@××××××.info>> wrote: |
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> > > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop |
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> horizontal |
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> > > all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a front-panel |
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> (7-segment |
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> > > LED) display between "4.77" and "8.00" |
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> > > And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")... |
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> > > And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite... |
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> > > As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood... |
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> > PC, XT or AT? |
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> > Fastest system I ever used what dropped down to 4.77MHz was a 33MHz 386.. |
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> Not sure... |
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> It was a no-name clone... I think it's 8086... |
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The first machine to ever make me go "ooh, shiny" was an Amiga 500 back |
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when it came out. Shiniest thing I ever saw ;-) |