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 at sypris.com <mailto:Keith.Watson at sypris.com> Phone: (813) 972-6270 Fax #: (813) 972-6842 -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:gnowak1@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:37 PM To: speakup at 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 at bigfoot.com> > To: <speakup at 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 at 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
