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Old 10-14-2005, 07:08 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Yep got one of them too


Hehe anyone have a Z80? or a 6808 based box? Any Tandy1000 users out there? heh
A Z80 huh? Does my Gameboy, Sega Master system or Gamegear count?
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Old 10-14-2005, 07:29 PM   #32 (permalink)
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I still have many of the parts to my first computer, A Cybermax 486 (Cybermax went out of business in 1999 or '02) 33Mhz, 8MB RAM... wow that thing was great! ... at the time all that was around was CompuServe (way before aol bought them)... good times ...
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Old 10-14-2005, 07:49 PM   #33 (permalink)
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A Z80 huh? Does my Gameboy, Sega Master system or Gamegear count?
I betcha those things were more powerful than a Z80
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Hehe anyone have a Z80? or a 6808 based box? Any Tandy1000 users out there? heh
My TI-83 might be better
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Old 10-14-2005, 09:54 PM   #35 (permalink)
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dell dimension 350 (mhz that is) pentium II, yeah baby 288mb ram 8mb video.

can anyone beat that. (thinks to self.... would anyone want to?)
64 mb ram 1.6 AMD duron and a 16mb graphic card. Thats the family computer. Played diablo 2 well.
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Old 10-14-2005, 11:00 PM   #36 (permalink)
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I had a Pentium 75 system with a 512KB video card and 8MB of RAM. It is now an Evergreen 233MMX (yeah baby!) with same video card and 40MB of RAM.
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Old 10-14-2005, 11:02 PM   #37 (permalink)
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I betcha those things were more powerful than a Z80
They're based on a Z80
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Old 10-14-2005, 11:14 PM   #38 (permalink)
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16 tetrahertz
wow thats alot
Tetra? That's a lot indeed...

Back on topic - I don't think anyone here can beat me with this one:
I learned programming in Fortran (oh, good old days ) using punch-cards on this beast: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...sp?st=1&c=1021
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punch cards? are those some kind keyboard
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Old 10-15-2005, 04:06 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Tetra? That's a lot indeed...

Back on topic - I don't think anyone here can beat me with this one:
I learned programming in Fortran (oh, good old days ) using punch-cards on this beast: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...sp?st=1&c=1021
You are teh winrar me thinks
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