25 May
1998
25 May
'98
8:44 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 26 May 1998 3:16
Subject: Re: Original IBM PC (was Re: Prices to pay for old
I have one question , well I actually have two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives that
makes them die???
anyone??
At 01:46 PM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> Your hopes are dashed. The only pricey IBM PCs are the ones that had
16K
>> installed at the factory and weren't
upgraded. The 64K ones are
relatively
That's absurd (bordering on perverse) -- what could you DO with a machine
like that? (Yes, run BASIC and use cassettes... I know.)
In my day, sonny, 16K was plenty of room. Back then, we knew how to
program. It was an art. Not like the kids today, with their megabytes and
Gooeys and write-once-read-many, magneto-optical, doohickies... (whups,
gotta go, time for maaaatttlooock!)
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