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On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:50:58 +0200 |
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Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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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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> > > > |
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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 |
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> > > 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 |
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> back when it came out. Shiniest thing I ever saw ;-) |
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The awesomest thing I ever had wasn't shiny at all: |
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A Sinclair Mk14. |
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Remember the Sinclair Spectrum? The ZX81 came before that. |
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Remember the Sinclair ZX81? The ZX80 came before that. |
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Remember the Sinclair ZX80? Well, the Mk 14 came before that. |
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Ah, those were the days. Sinclair was still pumping out DIY amp kits, |
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built-it-yourself digital watches and electric trikes. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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