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Re: Linux Functionality?



On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Ron Johnson wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 08:14 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:

> > John Hasler wrote:

> > > No.  Initially there was no connectivity and the only
> > > way to get a virus was from an infected floppy disk.

> > *cough*BBSes*cough*Fido-Net*cough*

> > I remember having a 300bps modem well in advance of
> > any virus back in the

> Acoustic or direct connect?  I remember thinking what hot
> shit I was because I didn't have to jam a headset into an
> acoustic modem like a lot of other people did.

> > day of the C=64, the CoCo and the Amiga.  ;P

> Don't forget CP/M.  (KayPro & Osborne were the 2 most
> popular.)

CP/M-MP/M was another, and personally I preferred either the 
Intec Superbrain or NorthStar Horizon. ;->

	SJS

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