[arachne] Re: End of an era for computing giant - iReport.com

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On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 05:28 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <sheywood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > Hello Folks:
> 
> > This CNN iReport site wants you to share your experiences
> > about how we all could do lots of happy computing back in
> > the good old days when nearly everyone was running MS-DOS
> > and before Bill Gates ruined the internet for us.
> 
> Can't really remember such a time. When I got my first PC, none of my
> friends had one, and many of them did not even have a computer at all.
> 
> When I began studying, they were all talking about OS/2, not MS-DOS.
> Win95 followed, then Linux, then WinXP.
> 
> If there is something I remember clearly it is that most of them always
> seemed to be unhappy with whatever system they were just using.
> 
> I tried MS-DOS 5.0 briefly when they told me about it but found it
> inferior to DR-DOS 6.0 I was using at that time, so I quickly
> deinstalled it again.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Udo

<snipped>

Back around 1993 I bought in a computer store at a very special
clearance price an original IBM PC, never used, new in box, complete
with monitor, keyboard, mouse, manuals, and MS-DOS v. 2.2, everything 
still in the original factory shrink-wrap.  The PC has 256 KB RAM.  

I never used it.  I just put it away in storage.  I figured it might 
be worth something someday as a collector's item. 

Maybe a museum somewhere might want to set it up and put it on display.

I know that this PC probably cost about $3200 when it originally 
shipped from IBM.  I bought it for only $10.00. It is still in the same
condition as when it originally shipped.  What a deal!  
  
Sam Heywood

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