Re: [SLUG] Real OSes

From: michael hast (evylrobot19@cox.net)
Date: Mon Dec 05 2005 - 00:12:30 EST


Steven Buehler wrote:

> On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:49:15 -0500, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Neat! I had a South African programmer (I lived in Africa for three
>> years) who
>> was the reigning chess champ. He loved Forth and got me started with
>> it. That
>> was back when CPM was still in use... Oh, memories of a awesome
>> continent.
>>
>> They released a 40M hard drive back then. Days of super computing! : )
>> I had the first terminal which had something like 60 columns and 8
>> rows or
>> something. It was almost as fast as a punchcard machine, but did not
>> quite
>> have the capacity. Well, give or take a lie or two.
>
>
> Ah, you remind me of when I was trying to get a 10 MB hard disk for my
> old IBM PS/2 x286 system. RLL interface, $600.
>
> SWB

I would have said, "TEN MB?!?!?! You'll NEVER use that much space!!!"

-- 
--Michael Hast  (the evyl robot)
Always remember that too much pot spoils the cook, and if you have nothing to say at all, don't say anything nice.

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