16 Jun
2000
16 Jun
'00
2:34 p.m.
On June 16, Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip) wrote:
I *do* know there is a big difference between my Apple
II (which still
does yeoman service running my Syntauri synthesizer) and the
PowerComputing PowerCenter 240 that I do most of my "real work" on. And,
no, I'm not going back to the Apple II and a dot-matrix printer to do my
newsletters on, or surf the Net.
I think you're taking it to an extreme here, though, given the
context. I'm talking about the Pentium-II/233 that was "wow fabulous
wonderful my god check out my new machine!!" three years ago that are
heading to trash bins today.
There is *NO* reason for this. Those machines are just as
functional today as they were three years ago...but people are
treating them like trash simply because something faster has been
introduced by the vendor!
-Dave McGuire
16 Jan
16 Jan
1:52 p.m.
New subject: Symphony
Some time ago I discussed, with someone on the list, Symphony for the DEC
Rainbow. It's still available. Would the person please contact me?
Failing that, anoone else want to buy?
P Manney
16 Jun
16 Jun
3:02 p.m.
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Dave McGuire wrote:
On June 16, Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip) wrote:
A 233 I'd probably still keep, personally. (I run a library computer lab
and we replaced some Pentium 120's with new Pentium III 600's, via a
grant. The 120's went to another campus lab, where they are going to
replace some 486's) The P120's (and the 486's) still *work*, they're just
slow in dealing with some of the fancy web pages that people want to look
at.
I *do* know there is a big difference between my
Apple II (which still
does yeoman service running my Syntauri synthesizer) and the
PowerComputing PowerCenter 240 that I do most of my "real work" on. And,
no, I'm not going back to the Apple II and a dot-matrix printer to do my
newsletters on, or surf the Net.
I think you're taking it to an extreme here, though, given the
context. I'm talking about the Pentium-II/233 that was "wow fabulous
wonderful my god check out my new machine!!" three years ago that are
heading to trash bins today.
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