8" DSDD disk

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 4:24 PM

>> I think it's time to get rich quick:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=74947&item=5205357000&rd=1
>>
>> 8" DSDD disk you can buy for $20.00 & $5.00 S&H.
>>
>> If anyone has an extra $250.00 I can send them 10 and I'll even throw in 
>> a
>> plastic carrying case ;-)
>
> [LOoks at the rows of 8" disk boxes sitting behind some nice toys in the
> corner...]
>
> You know, I could sell off some of those spares and actually afford that
> darn DPF-reading PC you think I should own....
>
> -tony


Personally I think the basic design of the PC is bad but I've got enough 8" 
disks that if I could get $20 each I could build a newer better shop to work 
on my toys I truly love :-}

I've always thought computers should be built to maximize performance, IBM 
not only appear to have ignored that but built down.  They took a 5mhz brain 
dead version of a 16 bit chip and ran it on an 8 bit bus @ 4.77mhz and put a 
RAM limit of 448mb of RAM.  The excuse of running 4.77mhz was for color 
burst but I never saw a video card that didn't use its own crystal negating 
the need for the 4.77mhz.  In any case the extra $0.50 it might add to a 
video board versus slowing down a $3000.00 computer doesn't make any sense 
any way.

In the 8088/8086 world I like what others did in the S100 world.  They 
started with the 8088 simply to keep compatible the 8 bit S100 bus, later a 
16 bit standard allowed for 8086's.  The S100 systems generally ran at the 
full chip speed (5 or 8 mhz), allowed full 1mb RAM, didn't use 10% of the 
processor speed to refresh RAM.

I produce PDF's that love PC's not because I think they are perfect or I 
love PC's but simply because after thinking of the problem PDF's are the 
best choice I have in the world Willy boy created.

It reminds me of what is going on in the EU (no I'm not trying and hopefully 
won't make a big political statement).  The problem as reported in the US is 
that the EU constitution is like Windows I giant agreement that creates so 
much structure the citizens of Europe are afraid they could lose their 
individualism.  It's a shame we didn't have the sense to just say no to 
Willy.  Please note I have no personal knowledge about the EU constitution, 
more over "I don't have a dog in that fight".


Randy
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