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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 640kb limit on DOS?
Keywords: 8008 Mike2 Digital Group
Message-ID: <3575@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 88 02:42:26 GMT
References: <8043@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <45900178@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <4090@charon.unm.edu>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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In article <4090@charon.unm.edu> cs4571ao@ariel.unm.edu.UUCP () writes:
}The first PC I owned was a MIKE-2 with an 8008 processor, a keypad
}front panel, and 4K of RAM, connected to a SWTP 40 column, 12 line
}terminal.  Storage was by a Digital Group cassette interface, storing
}data at a screaming 1200 baud.

Since we're reminiscing ...

I'm still using the first PC I owned.  A genuine, original, tan case
Osborne-1.  Came with 64K of memory, 2 90K, 5.25" floppies and a 52 column
by 24 row, 5" diagonal screen for $1750.

6 years and many hassles latter it's been upgraded to 187K floppies, a
52/80/104 column screen, a 12" external monitor, 300 baud modem and a 360K
RAM disk.  I've also got a battery pack for it that I've only used to run
my portable CD player.  These days the whole setup is worth about $500
new, if you can find one.

Who knows?  Someday it may have antique value.

Meanwhile, my SO just bought her first PC:  An IBM PS/2-50Z with mouse, 1M
memory, 30M hard disk, 1.4M 3.5" floppy and 12" VGA color monitor -- all
true blue IBM (except for the Logitech mouse).  Total cost about $3500,
not counting the printer (academic discount deal).  She uses it primarily
for word processing and ignores the mouse.  Grrrr .... (-:

(I'm getting a C compiler for it in a week or so.  Got to give the poor
thing _some_ exercise (-: ).

-- 
The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com)  Illegitimati Nil
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