On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:50:58 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> wrote:
> On 01/30/2012 05:48 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" <mike...@gmail.com > > <mailto:mike...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info > > <mailto:pa...@poluan.info>> wrote: > > > > > > > > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop > > horizontal > > > > all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a front-panel > > (7-segment > > > > LED) display between "4.77" and "8.00" > > > > > > > > And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")... > > > > > > > > And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite... > > > > > > > > As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood... > > > > > > PC, XT or AT? > > > > > > Fastest system I ever used what dropped down to 4.77MHz was a > > > 33MHz 386.. > > > > > > > Not sure... > > > > It was a no-name clone... I think it's 8086... > > The first machine to ever make me go "ooh, shiny" was an Amiga 500 > back when it came out. Shiniest thing I ever saw ;-) The awesomest thing I ever had wasn't shiny at all: A Sinclair Mk14. Remember the Sinclair Spectrum? The ZX81 came before that. Remember the Sinclair ZX81? The ZX80 came before that. Remember the Sinclair ZX80? Well, the Mk 14 came before that. Ah, those were the days. Sinclair was still pumping out DIY amp kits, built-it-yourself digital watches and electric trikes. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
