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Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:19:02 -0700
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Cinnecting W4 to eCS and Win

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Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D. wrote:
> Hi, Gary -
>
> Some of us still run XT, a pretty gigantigous, desktop, sand-colored box
> with a 4-color monitor built in about 1982 or so. Hey, if it computes
> and we don't care how long the computation takes, why not? I took
> possession of mine in 1984 as the second owner and fully expect it to be
> running in 2009 on its 27th anniversary, my 25th of ownership. ;~)
>
> If I could afford the electric bill and had that much physical space,
> I'd take a friend up on the offer of a 4381 with a 3350 head-of-string
> and a 3350 connected to it, running VM/CMS (talk about old operating
> systems!!!!).

I had been scanning the world of "garage shop" computers when IBM came
out. But I delayed and the XT was released with something called a hard
drive. I delayed again and my first was a 286. Mail order clone, about
$3200 as I recall with the top-of-the-line HDD; 28M. I am not sure if I
still have it. Somewhere back then Bill Machrone (PC Mag) said the PC
you want always costs $3000. I guess today you have to be a gamer to
spend that much.

Ray

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