I have one of those. A nice old IBM Model M. According to the information on the back of the keyboard (assuming I'm reading it right) it was born on the 6th of September, 1988.
People will tell you they're not cheap, but they are if you can find someone who has an old one they tucked away somewhere that they don't want anymore (what were they thinking!!)
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I have one of those. A nice old IBM Model M. According to the information on the back of the keyboard (assuming I'm reading it right) it was born on the 6th of September, 1988.
People will tell you they're not cheap, but they are if you can find someone who has an old one they tucked away somewhere that they don't want anymore (what were they thinking!!)
So I got mine for $10.
It also asks what TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs you have running... and those are from way back when in the DOS days.
It took me about three to three and a half hours to do an ftp install of RedHat 6.0 with my cable modem.