Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question)

Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question)

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
> >
> > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop
horizontal
> > all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a front-panel
(7-segment
> > LED)  display between "4.77" and "8.00"
> >
> > And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")...
> >
> > And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite...
> >
> > As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood...
>
> PC, XT or AT?
>
> Fastest system I ever used what dropped down to 4.77MHz was a 33MHz 386..
>

Not sure...

It was a no-name clone... I think it's 8086...

Rgds,

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Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question)

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Jan 30, 2012 10:48 AM, "Pandu Poluan" <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
> > >
> > > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop
horizontal
> > > all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a front-panel
(7-segment
> > > LED)  display between "4.77" and "8.00"
> > >
> > > And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")...
> > >
> > > And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite...
> > >
> > > As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood...
> >
> > PC, XT or AT?
> >
> > Fastest system I ever used what dropped down to 4.77MHz was a 33MHz
386..
> >
>
> Not sure...
>
> It was a no-name clone... I think it's 8086...
>

Whatever the brand is, it came with a whoppin' big (in terms of HxWxD) 20
MB hard disk.

(Or maybe 80? My memory's failing me ATM)

Rgds,

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Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question)

[Michael Mol]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>
> On Jan 30, 2012 10:48 AM, "Pandu Poluan" <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop
>> > > horizontal
>> > > all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a front-panel
>> > > (7-segment
>> > > LED)  display between "4.77" and "8.00"
>> > >
>> > > And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")...
>> > >
>> > > And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite...
>> > >
>> > > As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood...
>> >
>> > PC, XT or AT?
>> >
>> > Fastest system I ever used what dropped down to 4.77MHz was a 33MHz
>> > 386..
>> >
>>
>> Not sure...
>>
>> It was a no-name clone... I think it's 8086...
>>
>
> Whatever the brand is, it came with a whoppin' big (in terms of HxWxD) 20 MB
> hard disk.
>
> (Or maybe 80? My memory's failing me ATM)

Our 286 (that Tandy) came with a 20MB hard disk. The 386 I got as a
hand-me-down had a 540MB disk. (That was a bit of a golden age for me;
I never managed to fill that drive.)


-- 
:wq

Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question)

[Frank Steinmetzger]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:56:01AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:

> Whatever the brand is, it came with a whoppin' big (in terms of HxWxD) 20
> MB hard disk.
> 
> (Or maybe 80? My memory's failing me ATM)

I can't imagine not being able to remember the figure, giving the difference
of 300%. ;-)  Our first family PC did have a 20 MB HDD.  I used to play
Gorilla and Nibbles with my Pa in this Microsoft Basic thing.  Ha!  We entered
angle and force to throw a banana at the opponent, nowadays kiddies swipe
their finger over spyPhones.  No wonder education is getting worse. >:)
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[gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 01/30/2012 05:48 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
> On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com
> <mailto:mikemol@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >
>  > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info
> <mailto:pandu@poluan.info>> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop
> horizontal
>  > > all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a front-panel
> (7-segment
>  > > LED)  display between "4.77" and "8.00"
>  > >
>  > > And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")...
>  > >
>  > > And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite...
>  > >
>  > > As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood...
>  >
>  > PC, XT or AT?
>  >
>  > Fastest system I ever used what dropped down to 4.77MHz was a 33MHz 386..
>  >
>
> Not sure...
>
> It was a no-name clone... I think it's 8086...

The first machine to ever make me go "ooh, shiny" was an Amiga 500 back 
when it came out.  Shiniest thing I ever saw ;-)

Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question)

[Nils Andresen]

Guys, I feel with you - "I was there", too.
But please stop scaring the youngsters.

Nils

2012/1/30 Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de>:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:56:01AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
>> Whatever the brand is, it came with a whoppin' big (in terms of HxWxD) 20
>> MB hard disk.
>>
>> (Or maybe 80? My memory's failing me ATM)
>
> I can't imagine not being able to remember the figure, giving the difference
> of 300%. ;-)  Our first family PC did have a 20 MB HDD.  I used to play
> Gorilla and Nibbles with my Pa in this Microsoft Basic thing.  Ha!  We entered
> angle and force to throw a banana at the opponent, nowadays kiddies swipe
> their finger over spyPhones.  No wonder education is getting worse. >:)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

[Alan McKinnon]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:50:58 +0200
Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:

> On 01/30/2012 05:48 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com
> > <mailto:mikemol@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info
> > <mailto:pandu@poluan.info>> wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop
> > horizontal
> >  > > all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a front-panel
> > (7-segment
> >  > > LED)  display between "4.77" and "8.00"
> >  > >
> >  > > And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")...
> >  > >
> >  > > And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite...
> >  > >
> >  > > As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood...
> >  >
> >  > PC, XT or AT?
> >  >
> >  > Fastest system I ever used what dropped down to 4.77MHz was a
> >  > 33MHz 386..
> >  >
> >
> > Not sure...
> >
> > It was a no-name clone... I think it's 8086...
> 
> The first machine to ever make me go "ooh, shiny" was an Amiga 500
> back when it came out.  Shiniest thing I ever saw ;-)

The awesomest thing I ever had wasn't shiny at all:

A Sinclair Mk14.

Remember the Sinclair Spectrum? The ZX81 came before that.
Remember the Sinclair ZX81? The ZX80 came before that.
Remember the Sinclair ZX80? Well, the Mk 14 came before that.

Ah, those were the days. Sinclair was still pumping out DIY amp kits,
built-it-yourself digital watches and electric trikes.




-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

[Peter Humphrey]

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On Monday 30 January 2012 07:31:56 Alan McKinnon wrote:

> Ah, those were the days. Sinclair was still pumping out DIY amp kits,
> built-it-yourself digital watches and electric trikes.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, though.

-- 
Rgds
Peter		Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23

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Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question)

[Paul Hartman]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de> wrote:
> I used to play
> Gorilla and Nibbles with my Pa in this Microsoft Basic thing.  Ha!  We entered
> angle and force to throw a banana at the opponent

You may be interested in this Python remake of Gorilla:

http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2010/06/25/gorilla-py-a-remake-of-gorilla-bas/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

[Frank Steinmetzger]

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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:52:30AM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Monday 30 January 2012 07:31:56 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 
> > Ah, those were the days. Sinclair was still pumping out DIY amp kits,
> > built-it-yourself digital watches and electric trikes.
> 
> Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, though.

Hm... it's a good day for nicking quotes.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

[Peter Humphrey]

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On Monday 30 January 2012 17:59:09 Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:52:30AM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, though.
> 
> Hm... it's a good day for nicking quotes.

I didn't nick it actually - it's original. Well, maybe lots of people have 
thought of it and I'm just one.

-- 
Rgds
Peter		Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

[Petite Abeille]

On Jan 30, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> I didn't nick it actually - it's original. Well, maybe lots of people have 
> thought of it and I'm just one.

"Nostalgia isn't what it used to be."
-- Peter De Vries 

But perhaps we are all just characters in a Milan Kundera novel, vessels of quotes – transmitted from one to another, and living on because of this.

http://infiniteprobability.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/review-of-immortality-by-milan-kundera/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

[Frank Steinmetzger]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 06:24:03PM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Monday 30 January 2012 17:59:09 Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:52:30AM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, though.
> > 
> > Hm... it's a good day for nicking quotes.
> 
> I didn't nick it actually - it's original. Well, maybe lots of people have 
> thought of it and I'm just one.

I was more speaking of myself. Yours was the second within minutes that I
snatched from the list and put into my own file.
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