Kids computers

At 07:34 PM 3/10/00 -0500, Allison wrote: At about 1995 or so. When my kids were younger an old P90 (Intel Mobo) sufficed running Win3.1 for all their edutainment needs, but as they got older and their tastes more refined it became less and less satisfactory. In about 1995 I picked up a game/utility that was just too much for that processor given the inefficiencies of Windows. Since I had upgraded my "multi-session terminal" (aka my Win95 desktop) to a newer processor, my old one replaced the "lab" computer (which runs all the vendor supplied CAD tools [its more a piece of test equipment than a PC]) and the lab computer became the new kids computer. Interestingly enough (and to bring this message back on topic), my 9 yr old is now learning about programming on the VAX. Why the VAX? Well I can put a VT320 in her room and not worry about her surfing the net (when she figures out how to do that I'll consider her "graduated'!) and there is very little "clutter" between the computer and her education. (She still plays games on the PC in the living room though.) --Chuck