Yeah, IBM basic was nice too under IBM DOS 4.0. I liked it more then qbasic, don't really know why. Greg On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 06:43:51PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > Well, my 386 was a state machine so I had to give it back last year. It had > a keynote gold synth built in, and had pretty good speach. I got sort of > good with quick basic in dos, My most productive program would freeze the > computer. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Watson, Keith" <Keith.Watson at Sypris.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:38 AM > Subject: RE: Off topic, just have to vent! > > > > 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 at uic.edu] > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
