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Re: [TCLUG:20145] RE: ancient computers
I remember I had a 286 that I ran HFO on and a buddy of mine had an XT
that he ran Danger Zone BBS off of. It took about an hour and a half for
bigbang to create the TW universe. His XT was decked out though, he had
6MB of RAM to my 4.
I also remember writing a program to calculate PI based on the "squaring
the circle" algorithm. I let it run for 3 days straight on the TRS-80 and
I eventually stopped it. It gave me "3.141593" or something like
that.
Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Trainor, Kevin T. wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> > I still have my first computer (Apple II+) and monitor (green
> > monochrome made by apple) in the basement.
> I have an XT clone that my son has "inherited"; bought it
> for about $2000 worth of grad school student loan money in 1988.
> I remember being thrilled because it had 10 expansion slots and
> a CGA monitor.
>
> <snip>
> > Scary, though,
> > that my TI-89 graphing calculator is many times more powerful than my
> first
> > computer, or even my first Mac. (16MHz 68000 vs. 8MHz 68000
> > vs. 1MHz 6502)
> I feel the same way about my Palm Pilot (a Personal, not
> even a III!) and that 8088. Very scary.
>
> Kevin Trainor
>
> Disappointed a few people
> When friendship reared its/Ugly head
> Disappointed a few people/Well, isn't that
> What friends are for?"
> -"Disappointed", Public Image Ltd.
>
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