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* RE: Off topic, just have to vent!
@  Watson, Keith
   ` Pete
   ` Alex Snow
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 21+ messages in thread
From: Watson, Keith @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'speakup@braille.uwo.ca'

Ok, since we are talking about our first systems, mine was ( is ) a comadore
pet with 8K of ram and the only input device was a tape drive. The only
reason I mention this is that I just stubbed my toe on it last weekend and
my wife tried to get me to throw it away. I firmly told her that she would
go before that box. I'm thinking of donating it to a museum but i'm not sure
I can part with it. Even though it's got about 3 inches of dust on it.

Keith Watson
Sypris Electronics
Email:  Keith.Watson@sypris.com <mailto:Keith.Watson@sypris.com> 
Phone: (813) 972-6270
Fax #:  (813) 972-6842
 
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:gnowak1@uic.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:37 PM
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Off topic, just have to vent!


Ah well now, my first machine was a 286 IBM ps/2 2011-c34 with 1 mb of RAM
and a 30 mb hd. I still have it too, though you can't do much with DOS and
such a small amount of resources. It's in good condition too, I just need to
get hold of a floppy drive to replace the original. 

Well, that's all from me about my first machine.
Greg


On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 04:44:30PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> The slowest notebook I have now is a toshiba 75 mhz with 800 megs of hdd.
> I'm thinking of putting linux on it.  Toshibas are good machines.  My
first
> computer was a 386/8 mhz with 80 mb disk.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher@bigfoot.com>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Off topic, just have to vent!
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me if this deal on a 486 notebook really sux? I think
> > > it does. Found it on pricewatch.com: (Not New) REFURBISHED - 4400C,
> > > 1Year Labor/90days Parts Ltd. Warranty 486/25,8MB/200MB Hard Drive,
> > > 1.44 Floppy, Active Color,Serial/Parallel ports no adapter included
> > > (Part - T4400C ) $ 89 I mean, what are you supposed to do with that?
> > > Linux will barely run on it.  If someone offered me one for free, I'd
> > > take it. but not for $89.
> >
> > Hmmm, probably the biggest problem there is the hdd, and you'll probably
> > find that most of that $89 is for the lcd display.  Still, it'll handle
> > Linux ok, but your bigbgest problem would probably be the lack of a
cdrom
> > drive, though I do believe that the Slakware A disk series will still go
> > onto floppies, which is the minimum neededc to get get system up, so you
> > can install over the net or whatever.  Wouldn't go for it personally
> > though, as I have a 486 notebook with higher spec.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > --
> > Toby Fisher Email: toby@g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk
> > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239
> > ICQ: #61744808
> >    Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> >    See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> >
> >
> >
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* Off topic, just have to vent!
@  Alex Snow
   ` Toby Fisher
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread
From: Alex Snow @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

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Hi.
Can anyone tell me if this deal on a 486 notebook really sux? I think it does. Found it on pricewatch.com:
(Not New) REFURBISHED - 4400C, 1Year Labor/90days Parts Ltd. Warranty
486/25,8MB/200MB Hard Drive, 1.44 Floppy, Active Color,Serial/Parallel ports no adapter included 
(Part - T4400C )
$ 89 
I mean, what are you supposed to do with that? Linux will barely run on it.  If someone offered me one for free, I'd take it. but not for $89.
Thanks.

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