26 Apr
2002
26 Apr
'02
6:56 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com]
... and you feel it's warranted to spend vast
amounts of
money, which the
Altair cost, on a machine with no means for putting code/data
in or out except
for single-bit LED's and a few switches when there's no other
means for
inserting/extracting information? Even Ed Roberts indicated
Dick, I think you're the only one on the list who _wouldn't_ spend
vast amounts of time and money for a computer like that ;)
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
26 Apr
26 Apr
8:31 a.m.
Altair cost,
on a machine with no means for putting code/data
Dick, I think you're the only
one on the list who _wouldn't_ spend
vast amounts of time and money for a computer like that ;) 
9:46 p.m.
No ... It's Apple's that I scrap for the PSU's, since they're of a
uniform
size and that happens to be a handy size for me.
I do keep the cords, however.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:31 AM
Subject: RE: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
Isn't that one of the ones for which he saves the power cord and dumpsters
the machine EVERY time he finds one?
Altair cost, on a machine with no means for putting
code/data
Dick, I think you're the only one on the list who _wouldn't_
spend
vast amounts of time and money for a computer like that ;)
9:43 p.m.
I might do that today, but I wouldn't have back then.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith(a)amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: RE: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
-----Original
Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com]
... and you feel it's warranted to spend vast
amounts of
money, which the
Altair cost, on a machine with no means for putting code/data
in or out except
for single-bit LED's and a few switches when there's no other
means for
inserting/extracting information? Even Ed Roberts indicated
Dick, I think you're the only one on the list who _wouldn't_ spend
vast amounts of time and money for a computer like that ;)
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
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