OT: Vista users and wannabe's

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

Oh my god. Forth.
I remember writing assembler code for an add on board for the apple. <shudder>

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jean-Claude D?sinor [mailto:desinor@sympatico.ca]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 05:51 PM
>To: 'T Berk'
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: OT: Vista users and wannabe's
>
> 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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