On Thursday 16 November 2006 14:37, George Arseneault wrote:
--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 November 2006 06:14, Tim wrote:
> >On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 14:38 -0500, Matthew Miller
>
> wrote:
> >> In computer years, 5-6 years is almost always
>
> past end-of-life.
>
> >Shh, don't tell my (HP LaserJet 4L) printer that.
>
> It turns 14 next
>
> >month, and it's still going strong. I've got older
>
> computers than that,
>
> >and they're still doing exactly what they supposed
>
> to.
>
> Chuckle, so have I, Tim. A TI-99/4a, boxes of
> coco's, an elderly atari
> 1040-st, a full blown 64 meg of memory amiga
> 2000-040. I have got to
> clean the basement sometime before I pass. :)
How about...
Radio Shack Model IV with a 128k ramdisk
c64
apple IIe
atari ST
and the modems to go with them (except the apple)
So we're about even in the packrat rateings. But I've long since lost
track of how many coco's I have. I think they are like coat hangers. :)
--
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