Upon reflection, recall that first "real" computer actually had 8088 processor (8-bit deliberately crippled version of 16-bit 8086 processor). Second one was the 386sx (16 bit deliberated-crippled version of 32-bit 386 processor). Unless you count the Timex-Sinclair 1000 (z80 processor, i/o from cassette tape storage) . Before that, at university: - IBM 370 series mainframe, in locked room, inaccessible to mere mortals. - programs entered on punch cards using key-punch machine, submitted through small window in computer room. - come back for dot-matrix printout of results Thursday. - edit program for errors, until assignment deadline passes. - rinse, lather, repeat. What fun. Is this thread getting to be [OT]? On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:36 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Francis Gerund wrote: > <snip> > > And FWIW, I do like, and use the CLI all the time. That's how I learned > - using MS-DOS 3.2 on a 386sx box with 360k floppy drives. And 512k ram > - what luxury! > > > > : ) > > You leaned on a 386 with (2?) floppy drives? I had to make do with DOS 3.0 > on an 8088 w/ 2 floppy drives... and let me tell you how much fun it was > to compile (I kid you not) basica, esp. with an encrypted library.... > > mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >