18 Sep
1998
18 Sep
'98
7:56 a.m.
Did Microsoft actually make the hardware, like this thing and the
Softcard? I'm pretty sure that their modern hardware (mice, joysticks
talking barney) are licensed from someone else.
> since im known at work as a packrat of old computer junk, someone
gave me
> something called a microsoft <!> mach 20.
turns out it's a full
length 8 bit
> card that has a 286-8 and 2 meg and high density
floppy controller on
it. it
How funny. Back then they didn't have the clout to force computer
manufacturers to make faster hardware to run their slow, bloated
software, so they had to manufacture their own :)
Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
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