Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!samsung!umich!sharkey!wyn386!wybbs!rickt From: rickt@wybbs.mi.org (Rick Tucker ) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Altos 586 Worth? Summary: real computers?, Where were you? Message-ID: <482@wybbs.mi.org> Date: 19 May 91 21:30:01 GMT References: <1991May15.154308.5070@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1991May17.045655.11152@compu.com> Reply-To: rickt@wybbs.UUCP (Rick Tucker ) Organization: Consultants Connection, Jenison MI Lines: 17 >In article <1991May17.045655.11152@compu.com> fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home) writes: >> How about a hundred bucks to be kind. We simply tell the customer to trash >> them when they upgrade to real computers. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In 1983, this was more *real* computer than most anybody else had. One of the few machines running Xenix. The other multiuser choice was MP/M. Just because a computer gets old, does not make it unreal. There are a lot of Altos 586 computers still running, with virtually no problems. However, I agree with todays technology, get off the 8086 chip and get into some power hardware. -- ======================================================================== Rick Tucker | ^^ T W I N P E A K S ^^ rickt%indcon@wybbs.mi.org | "The owls are not what they seem." uunet!4gen!indcon!rickt | quote from the giant.