Wow. I wonder how bag/urgent the circumstances must be to try to browse the
web, on second thought, i'd rather not. Just pick up the newt and
fax/email/browse on that..hehehe
-Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karel Jansens" <kareljansens_at_tiscalinet.be>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton Software - Fixed for me anyways
>
> Hah!
>
> I have a 286 Topline portable set up next to the phone as an emergency fax
> machine. Its battery is toast, but the thing has a gorgeous mono screen -
big
> and bright! - _and_ it has a half-length expansion slot, which neatly
houses
> a once phenomenal Intel SatisFaxion modem (2400 baud data and 9600 fax,
would
> you believe it?)
>
> It runs Caldera DR-DOS 7.01 (the multitasking DOS that was too much and
too
> late) and WordPerfect SixOh for DOS (IMNSHO still the best WP ever).
>
> I did have WebSpyder on it for a short while, but the modem really is too
> slow for present-day WWW-work (it was acceptable around '98, though...,
> before the Bandwith Kidnappings and the Great Commercials Infestation).
>
> To be completely honest, I did upgrade the portable a bit; it originally
(way
> back in '89!) came with a 40 MB hard disk and 1 MB of RAM (in the context
of
> the aera, this was one mean mother of a luggeable!), but when I upgraded
one
> of my desktops in '95, I discovered the Topline accepted - then - ordinary
> 32-pin SIMMs, and I boosted its RAM all the way up to 5 MB! (an Intel 286
> would have choked, but this was a superior AMD 16 MHz and it could take
it).
> Later I threw out the 40 MB disk and slapped in a 100 MB whopper; somehow
the
> BIOS found a way to accept it, althought to this day I still have no idea
how
> it did it: the partition table in the BIOS displays plain nonsense.
>
> Ain't it fun to be a luddite?
>
>
> On Friday 28 December 2001 07:27, you wrote:
> > my PC junior is doing just fine, thank you...with
> > Windows 3.1, 640kb RAM, and a 12" color monitor
> > (connected to a 9-pin dot matrix Okidata printer...w i
> > d e carriage!) I also have it networked using
> > Lantastic v5...I love that wireless keyboard too!
> > (now, if I can only get my AT&T EO-440 networked!)
> > Ed
> > web/gadget guru
> >
> > --- Chris Chapman <pan1k_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Well, my NeXTbox aint much better;). It's got 128MB
> > > of ram and a 1gb
> > > HD. woohooooooo.
> > > On Thursday, December 27, 2001, at 09:34 PM, James
> > >
> > > Elliott wrote:
> > > > I've got a sweet Quadra 700 as my ftp server. I
> > >
> > > have eight megs of
> > >
> > > > RAM, an
> > > > ethernet connection, and a two-gig hard drive.
> > >
> > > Can you get any better
> > >
> > > > than
> > > > that?
> > > >
> > > > -James
> > > >
> > > >> On 12/27/01, Ken Whitcomb quoth:
> > > >>> I have to admit Chris, I'm a closet Quadra user
> > >
> > > too.....
> > >
> > > >> Not me, mine's right out in the living room.
> > > >>
> > > >> (so any possible thief will steal it instead of
> > >
> > > the PowerBook in the
> > >
> > > >> bedroom)
> > > >>
> > > >> later
> > > >> --
> > > >> ben. (out, loud and proud)
> >
> > =====
> > Just because you're a genius, doesn't make you a smart guy!
> > - The Powerpuff Girls -
> >
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>
> --
> Karel Jansens
> kareljansens_at_tiscalinet.be
>
> "We're here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and we're all out of gum."
> (Dr. Zulu of Team Diotoir on Robot Wars Extreme)
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