OT: Vista users and wannabe's

[desinor at sympatico.ca (Jean-Claude Désinor)]

  How about hacking your Sinclair ZX-80 to have 2k of ram rather than 1?
  Forth screens were processed faster in that 1 MHz machine than on an 
4.77 MHz IBM PC ...

    Jean-Claude
    84 8v

T Berk wrote:
> --- Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>   
>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>> De : Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@tds.net] 
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I'll stick with OSX, thank you ;)
>>>>         
> <snip>
>   
>> I grew up with PCs starting back to 8088 running at
>> 4.77MHz...
>>
>> I installed Win XP 64 bits edition, and I love it 
>>
>>     
> <snip>
>
>
> Heh heh. Upgrade that 8088 with a V-20 my friend! 
> Anybody remember doing soldering iron fixes to Apple
> II motherboards? 
>
> Or getting an order to populate an IBM PC's 16k
> motherboard to full max of 64k, or an XT to 256k
> (here's a tube of chips, get crack'n!..."? 
>
> Add an AST Multifunction I/O board and you got not
> only another 384 'kay' of RAM but a parallel port, a
> serial port (with room for a second if you plugged the
> extra chips in!), and a bunch of goodies including
> <gasp!> a BATTERY backup for the system's clock!
> <pant>, <pant> 
>
> Oh, I am spent....
>
>
> TBerk
> that phrase about forgetting more than the youngsters
> will ever learn is starting to kick in...
>
>
>
>
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