17 Apr
1999
17 Apr
'99
2:24 p.m.
--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I use a Commodore Colt for the same thing - 8088, soft turbo mode, 3 8-bit
slots, supports 3.5" 720K floppies, built-in XT-IDE (I've got a WD93028X
on it). I have my ROM programmer on it, an 8003 Ethernet card and I move
files to and from it with Kermit over TCP/IP.
This does not mean that it's all I would ever want... I enjoy the web, and
it's not suitable for more than Lynx, but I do use it and I wouldn't retire
it easily.
-ethan
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What?
Valueless? Not at all. Get an XT or an 286, give it a 10 or 20 meg
HD, throw a 10BaseT network card in it (I have those coming out of my
ears, thanks to all my friends!), install Minix on it, and make it a node
on your friendly house-hold network. Or forget the network card and use a
Oh, sure. _I_ don't think they're valueless either. On the desk in front
of me is an XT (original IBM5160). It runs my EPROM programmer, my GAL
programmer, my cable tester, etc. It reads PERQ disks. It is certainly
useful to me.