On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:51 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
On Thu, August 28, 2008 17:50, Scott Silva wrote:
<snip> > > You do realize I'm one of the "squirts" you're referring to right? > I started working with computers in more than just a 'hey, I need to > write this paper' sort of way around 1995. The *first* CPU I used was > a pentium (though this is not the oldest, as I developed a fondness > for antiques). > > So you geezers can just put the token ring down, and step away from > the thin-net. Oh.. and get off my lawn! :-P
I have motherboards in my garage older than you! ;-D
I just took one down off the server shelf last week, finishing the decommissioning process. It hasn't made it out to the garage yet.
I've also still got a laptop that's probably older than him. It runs CP/M.
I once had a pretty large collection of CP/M machines. I had three IMSAI's. a VDP-80 and two VDP-44's. I think I had every Televideo ever made, including the luggable and the server that ran MP/M. Altos, Osborn, and a bunch of others. Man, think of what CP/M could do running on a Pentium. <grins> Ric