--- "Lyn Fatt, Brian A" <brian.lynfatt@eds.com> wrote:
> Geez, you guys had to bring back memories huh? (ok, so it was my
> fault.) How about the florescent alarm clock? Built in '78? (Still
> running!) The old 4.77mhz luggable PC? Takes a 6 mins to boot DOS
> 2.1 from a 5.25 floppy, and it had only two floppy drives. Hard
> drives at the time cost 800 for a 5mb winchester. I learned all
> about RAM drives using the whopping 320k of memory. 720k when
> someone figured out how to fool the DMA controller chip.
I also built my first computer from a kit about 20 years ago - a
Sinclair from England, sold here through Timex. It had a whopping 8k of
RAM! Can you believe that - 8k. You could plug in an extra 8k at the
back but it was always falling off and introducing you to the
frustration of computers. But, boy, did 8k teach you how to write
programs that were RAM stingy. There were some programs you could buy
but useful ones you had to write yourself.
Thanks for the memories - Derek
LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience
http://launch.yahoo.com
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