At 09:21 AM 2/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
As for Linux....are you new to Unix? Start there. I
bought one of those
If you're new to linux, but not to MS-DOS (or even CP/M, I guess) there's a
DOS-to-Linux tutorial on the web. It's at
<http://linuxwww.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/DOStoLinux-HOWTO.html>.
Actually, there are much better places to look for recomendations on books
for modern OS's and languages than a Classic Computers list.
Atari BBS* instead. Mine was a 130XE with 384K ram (I
did the upgrade
myself - had to run it with the cover off because of the heat), 4 1050
disk drives, and a single 2400b Codex modem. I was 13 years old, I don't
ABACUS (the Atari Bay Area Computer Users Society) still runs it's BBS on
an Atari 1040ST. (Though, to keep this off-topic, we're thinking of moving
to a linux box.)
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