29 Jan
2001
29 Jan
'01
12:05 p.m.
On 27-Jan-2001 Christian Fandt wrote:
Hey folks, who's got one of the above subject
machines? I found one
over at the Salvation Army store.
Looks very clean and complete: has the Operator's manual in a slipcase,
MSDOS manual (DOS v.2.1), keyboard, printer, vinyl slipcover, cables,
some floppies of s/w. They want $50 for it which is probably a little
high. Maybe I can negotiate it down to something better.
Way to much. While that's a nice looking computer (I have a fondness for
lunchbox style "portables") it is "worthless" in that you won't be
able to
run a "modern" OS on it. Offer to free up the wasted space it's
occupying. :)
Flame preventer: I know that one could do a lot of useful work/play with
this computer (DOS, wordstar, kermit, telemate, Zork, Pirates!). It
probably runs Xenix and Minix pretty well.
-Philip