re Linux or NT?

[John Lewis <jayell mcmail com>]

> "Donovan R. Palmer" wrote:
> 
> > On 30 Dec 98 at 16:06, "Toby Herring" <therring syncroflo com> wrote:
> >
> > > My first real personal computer was an 8088, and cost more then
> > > than a P-II 400 costs now. I had a whole meg of RAM and TWO 5-1/4"
> > > floppy drives (no HDD, we weren't rich, you know.)  And even though
> > > I was programming at the time (in high school) my personal computer
> > > was used almost exclusively for playing games.
> >
> > That brings back some memories!  Then our lab bought one 286 and we
> > were so impressed at it's power and speed.  What did we use it for?
> > Number crunching?  Solving some great problem?  Nah!  We spent more
> > time running a helicopter simulation game on it more than anything!
> > <g>
> 
> I know this is off the topic, but it definitely brings back memories.
> 
> Hmm..  1 MB on a 8088 ??   I didn't even know that 8088's could have 1MB of
> RAM. We were using XT's in our computer lab in college and I bought my first

I still have an IBM PC, that has only 16K on the mother board, but has an add-in
card to take it up to 384K (I think, it is a while since I looked at it.

 
> Wow... All that for only about $8,000.00!!  What a deal...  The third day I
> had it, I had taken it all apart and installed a Megahertz Turbo Switch which
> allowed me to run at 8,10 or 12 MHz!!  A couple of weeks later I installed an
> AST EMS Memory Board with 2 MB's of RAM.  The RAM only cost me about $700.00
> then.  Later I installed a 2400 Baud Hayes modem, another $450.00 ...  But
> boy.. Was it an awesome system!
> 
I only added a  clock cum I/O card a 286 upgrade and a 32Mb HardCard to mine,
with only 5 slots it was a bit limited. Though I think you could add another
base unit to give more slots. 

> Hey, anyone remember DesqView ??
> 
Yep! Worked well too with PC-Dos. Probably still have a copy up in the attic
with the PC. Not as good as Concurrent CP/M though for multitasking.

> Thanks for helping to bring back some memories...  Anyway, enough of my
> reminiscing...
> 
Happy New year to all

John Lewis