23 Jan
2012
23 Jan
'12
9:58 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
>
> ?These days I got some brand new XT boards :o) Dunno how common these are
> in USA, but in Brazil are **very rare**
They were common here once, but I haven't seen one in the bag in a
long, long time.
>
?http://www.tabajara-labs.blogspot.com/2012/01/quantos-litros-de-baba-voce-quer-babar.html
Nice.
I only used an XT clone at home for a short time - picked it up used
for, ISTR, $100, when that was a good price, then parted it out for
about $150-$200 to about 5 different buyers. It was unremarkable -
Taiwanese motherboard, Everex WX-1 clone, Seagate ST225, clone mono
video, amber monitor, etc... but $20 here, $25 there added up.
I think the only practical use I put it to was running Morse Code
tutorials prior to sitting for my Ham license 20+ years ago. There
were lots of DOS-based tutorials and precious few, if any, for the
Amiga. I did end up passing the 5 WPM level.
If I set up an XT now, I'm not sure what I'd do with it beyond demo
8-bit games. I don't think I have the patience to noodle around on a
DOS box under a 386-DX/25 anymore (too many hours at work on a
386-SX/16 in the mid-1990s, I'd say).
But that's still a nice score.
-ethan