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Re:Gambling in Australia
Not to mention two large casios in Sydney and Melbourne.
A 200 foot high FX-82. Scary... -
Re:Too Bad pn Junctions cost more than magnetsHardcard is a brand name for hard drives on an expansion card. They were made by Plus Development Corporation, which was bought by Quantum, which was bought by Maxtor. It's basically IDE, with the drive and controller card integrated on one full length ISA expansion card. Here is an image.
I still have a Hardcard II XL 50 in an old 386DX20 that I still have due to an old EPROM programmer. It's a pretty good hard drive.
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Re:AbacusSo the abacus, in use for centuries, comes in at #60 of all time, but the PowerBook 100, which was in production for a few short years is ranked #1? The PowerBook 100 was a great machine and all, but let's be serious.
Indeed. The Epson HX-20 was much cooler.
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Re:95 lbs
As I said, "I think". So I was wrong. It was the model 70, which was unofficially known as the PS/2 "luggable".
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Re:That silly
Sure... I even do daily for certain reasons (don't ask). However, have you recentlyseen a 5 1/4 inch floppy? Worse, have you seen (if you even remember those, I do) a 8 inch floppy?
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Re:Next up:
Van Eck phreaking applies to CRTs, not LCDs. Unless you really *want* to use a Compaq portable to draft your plans for world domination...
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Re:humanoid cases?
Why, when I was your age, we didn't have them new fangled hard media. But our floppies were 8 inches, and by god, we liked 'em!
