17 Jan
2001
17 Jan
'01
2:03 p.m.
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Louis Schulman wrote:
Siders came in various sizes, up to 40 megs, I
believe. Their major
benefit (I use one on my //e) is that they came with partitioning
software allowing you to boot into DOS, ProDOS, CP/M or Pascal. This
is a Very nice feature.
I realized after it was too late that the numerous DOS partitions I
created on mine were worthless. The ProDOS partition was far functional.
At any rate, it served me well, and in fact still does. The Sider ][ I
have (20 megs) used to run 24/7 servicing a BBS for a couple years. I
bought it in around 1989 or so and it is still going strong. I've been
trying to move more important files off of it (old writings, letters,
essays, etc.) before it finally kicks the bucket. It has rarely been used
since the early 90's but still.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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