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Old 09-26-2004, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 530E60NL' date='Sep 26 2004, 09:39 PM
My first computer had a 20mb harddisk and was 20ghz fast... hahaha it only used Dos. Glad things are faster then in those days.
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Mine was 16Mhz and 1MB... with DOS off course...
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Those were racehorses. Mine was CP/M.
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Sep 26 2004, 11:00 PM
[quote name='530E60NL' date='Sep 26 2004, 09:39 PM']My first computer had a 20mb harddisk and was 20ghz fast... hahaha it only used Dos. Glad things are faster then in those days.
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Mine was 16Mhz and 1MB... with DOS off course...
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Sep 27 2004, 12:04 AM
Those were racehorses. Mine was CP/M.?
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You know what ? My "racehorse" actually is still in my basement... But I haven't tried if it still works...
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Adelphia Cable here.

My first PC was an IBM XT (hard drive less) ;p
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Didn't mess with computers until '98 Gateway 266mhz. Now I am a geek who biulds my own and continuously troubleshoots or offers advise for friends on computer hardware. I am in the wrong business.
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Originally Posted by kigerka' date='Sep 27 2004, 09:19 AM
Now I am a geek who biulds my own and continuously troubleshoots or offers advise for friends on computer hardware.? I am in the wrong business.
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I know that feeling, Kris!
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LOL my first computer was a Commodore Vic 20 which didnt even have hard drives at the time. No floppy either. Just a cassette tape which took about 15 minutes to load somthing equivalent to Pong.
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Ok, where is the Caviar and Champaign for reaching Senior Member status?
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Darn tootin' - dad gummed whippersnappers! Oh, BTW, Congrats.
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Sep 26 2004, 04:24 PM
You know what ? My "racehorse" actually is still in my basement...? ? But I haven't tried if it still works...?
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You should hang on to it.. One day it will be an oldtimer and will be worth loads of money!!!


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