[ncolug] Re: Comparing today's computers to 1995's
- From: Kory Pounds <kory.pounds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:07:43 -0500
Jim,
So how much did that machine cost you? How long did you end up using it?
Kory
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Jim Dolan <wolfson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Larry - WOW!
>
> I can't remember the first computer I used, at least not to find a
> description of it on the web. It was a mini-computer that we used to learn
> "programming" at something between machine language and assembler code. The
> best accomplishment I had on that one was to get it to print out the time on
> the roll of paper that fed through it. Every minute on the minute, crossing
> an hour boundary for about 15 minutes with less than a two second error.
> Coding was done in two character lines of code. First a letter or symbol
> and second a number.
>
> First machine I bought was from AST Research and was an IBM 286 clone that
> had both the Intel 286 chip and a Zylog Z80 chip in it. That way it could
> run DOS and use the other for graphics or CPM and use the other for
> graphics. It was much more capable, and much more recent than the one you
> posted. Everyone around me oohed and aahed at it with it's 20 meg HD and 1
> meg RAM. I still remember the joy of plugging all the chips into the second
> memory board to boost it to 2 meg RAM one day.
>
> Still laughing,
> Jim.
>
>
> On 2/25/2012 10:51 AM, Larry DiGioia wrote:
>
> My first:
>
> http://www.thecorememory.com/html/ncr_decision_mate_v.html
>
>
>
> On 02/25/2012 08:46 AM, Jim Willeke wrote:
>
> Well, not about the computers of 1995, but,
> related, http://blog.jim.willeke.com/2012/02/comparing-today-computers-to-1995.html
>
> --
> -jim
> Jim Willeke
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:20 AM, <hbkeultjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Getting too far off topic Chuck but if you mean that the Amish are taxed
>> less or not at all, of course the sales tax on a zero TV set = zero but
>> otherwise federal, state, municipal and other sort of taxes have no
>> exemption for Amish that I know off. Otherwise I am sure George Soros would
>> be Amish.
>>
>> Henry
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Chuck <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Feb 25, 2012 12:24 AM
>> >To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: [ncolug] Re: Comparing today's computers to 1995's
>> >
>> >It's amazing how not getting taxed impacts ones bottom line...
>> >
>> >
>> >On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 18:03 -0500, Henry Keultjes wrote:
>> >> Actually, that's a good analogy Mike. The Amish all have suitcases of
>> >> money under their beds while the English farmers are in debt up to
>> >> their
>> >> ears.
>> >>
>> >> Henry
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> M. Knisely wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Yeah, it's like touring an Amish farm.
>> >> >
>> >> > Kidding... kidding.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Feb 24, 2012 11:25 AM, "hbkeultjes" <hbkeultjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > <mailto:hbkeultjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Kory:
>> >> >
>> >> > It would be much more interesting if you came and took a look at
>> >> > the hardware we still have and use!
>> >> >
>> >> > Henry Keultjes
>> >> > Mansfield Ohio USA
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Kory Pounds wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > LUG-Nuts,
>> >> >
>> >> > I thought this was a pretty funny, but true, article. I found
>> >> > it
>> >> > through Slashdot.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am much younger than everyone else I am sending this email
>> >> > to. In
>> >> > 1995 I only had extremely limited experience with any
>> >> > computer
>> >> > (from
>> >> > my high school days), and those computers were very
>> >> > primitive.
>> >> > I knew
>> >> > nothing about any computer hardware and usage standards from
>> >> > that
>> >> > time, neither did I currently understand what they were. That
>> >> > was
>> >> > until I read this article.
>> >> >
>> >> > After reading this article, I understand the HUGE difference
>> >> > in
>> >> > standards that have taken place from 1995 through today. I am
>> >> > sure
>> >> > that everyone who is reading this email had involvement with
>> >> > and owned
>> >> > computer equipment in 1995. I would like to know what type of
>> >> > computer
>> >> > equipment you owned in 1995 and how you used it. Was what you
>> >> > had then
>> >> > "top of the line"? How much did it cost? What did you use it
>> >> > for? Did
>> >> > you do much "hacking" with it to increase performance and to
>> >> > provide
>> >> > any other enhancements? What type of "add-ons" did you use?
>> >> > What
>> >> > operating system did you have on it? What type of
>> >> > intranet/Internet/online usage did you have?
>> >> >
>> >> > I would love to see all of you share your "testimonies"
>> >> > regarding this
>> >> > matter. Here is the original article. Read it first then let
>> >> > us know
>> >> > what you think:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > http://therelativelyinterestingblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/comparing-todays-computers-to-1995s.html
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks everyone!
>> >> >
>> >> > Kory Pounds
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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