Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network
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On 07/18/08 18:48, Nate Duehr wrote:
> David Fox wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> wrote:
>>> Oh wow, that name brings back some memories...
>
>> My brother sent me a microfiche scan at the library of an old
>> newspaper (vintage 1986) which featured Fry's ads from that time
>> period. Wow. He told me that his 750 gig drive would have cost some
>> tens of millions of dollars if it had been manufactured back then.
>> Actually he'd have a few thousand 20 meg MFM drives stacked from here
>> to the nearest 7-11 :).
>
> My favorite computer:
>
> http://www.natetech.com/images/tandycoco.jpg
>
> Only $599 and 16K of RAM. :-)
The CoCo III was much better. OS9 was a real operating system.
> And whoever said something about open-source desktops:
>
> http://www.natetech.com/images/not-penguin.jpg
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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