Re: Re: Gateway 2000   
     By: Kurt Weiske to ED KOON on Mon Sep 01 2014 10:58 am   
      
    > -=> ED KOON wrote to ADAM GLAZENER <=-   
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    >  EK> I remember my old 286/12 IBM clone that weighed more than a   
    >  EK> cinderblock. That old MFM drive was huge and heavy. I remember   
    >  EK> upgrading it's 1200 baud modem to 2400 baud. Man that was FAST! LOL!   
    >    
    > That was about the time I started my BBS -- a 286 clone, motherboard packed   
    > with electronic components, 2 32 MB MFM drives. They'd need seasonal   
    > reformatting, and the BBS would toss a message a second. Maintenance took   
    > all early morning long -- when it didn't crash because the disk filled up!   
    >    
    >    
    >    
    > ... Powered By Celeron (Tualatin). Engineered for the future.   
   i love the old mfm and rll drives they sounded cool when they ran   
   i use to call it drive music   
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