[olug] Am I Old( was Cox High Speed)

Tue Aug 24 20:31:56 UTC 2004

Did anyone ever have problems with the IBM PS/1's that
would not boot from the hard drive?  I think the
manual stated to hole the CPU 1 or 2 inches, level,
above a flat level surface and then drop it.  The hard
drive would not spin up unless it was jolted.

-=Sean Edwards=-
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com

--- Charles Bird <thebirdman at operamail.com> wrote:

> At work we got some "OLD" (in a quivvering voice)
> IBM running sat tracking soft. I cant remember the
> model# but It runs off of one 5.25 disk, with no
> hard drive, etc.  It runs 24/7 for I dont know how
> long. man that thing is ugly.
>   I'll try to remember to snap a pic for yall.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Peterson"
> <mpeterson at charles.omhcoxmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:40:26 -0500
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Am I Old( was Cox High Speed)
> 
> > My first home computer was the TI-994/A.
> > Sears closed them out for $50 each.
> > This was Fall 1983.
> > Built-in basic and cassette tape storage.
> > I bought and typed in a stored several games for
> my younger siblings to
> > play.
> > It did take Atari like modules you could buy to
> play video type games.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Craig Wolf" <cjwolf at mpsomaha.org>
> > To: <olug at olug.org>
> > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:42 AM
> > Subject: RE: [olug] Am I Old( was Cox High Speed)
> > 
> > 
> > > Don't forget the Commodore 128.  My Dad still
> has 2 complete Commodore
> > > 64's with floppy drives, tape drives and even a
> Commodore Monitor.  8)
> > > Dad was too cheap to "buy" me video games since
> each one was $15.  So he
> > > bought me a book of 25 games that I had to type
> in, line by painstaking
> > > line.  I learned to troubleshoot code at the age
> of 7 since my typing
> > > skills were not very good yet.  8)
> > >
> > > Craig Wolf
> > > Linux Web Server Support
> > > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > > 402-894-6283
> > >
> > >
> > > >>> Tom.LutherJr at conagrafoods.com 8/23/2004 >>>
> > > My first computer was a VIC 20....remember
> those?
> > >
> > > ug......
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: olug-bounces at olug.org
> [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org]On Behalf Of
> > > Ben Dinger
> > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:26 AM
> > > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > > Subject: Re: [olug] Cox High Speed Internet
> > >
> > >
> > > Heh, our first home PC was a brand-spanking-new
> Compaq "portable".  I
> > > played Kings Quest (like, the first one?)
> endlessly on that tiny
> > > monchrome screen.
> > >
> > > My, like *my*, first PC was a Osborne-1 that was
> a gift from my uncle.
> > > I mastered CP/M and SuperCalc in no time at all
> ;).
> > >
> > > And.. AND I remember when I was hot shit because
> I had a 486 DX2/66...
> > > and ran a really old version of slackware on it.
>  Hell, I still have the
> > > 540MB WD HDD from that thing, with Slack still
> installed on it.
> > >
> > > Hell, to this day I still have my old Pentium
> 90.  It's here at work,
> > > loaded with 32MB of RAM and a 1GB IBM HDD,
> running OpenBSD 3.2 and doing
> > > network monitoring.  Had I not moved it to a
> different UPS when we
> > > bought new ones, it would have over 500 days
> uptime!
> > >
> > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 07:31:34PM -0700, Eric
> Lusk wrote:
> > > > Had a Laser128 (apple clone) when I was in
> high
> > > > school...  And it was new.
> > > > Now I feel old. ;)
> > > > --- Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Did you use Win 3.1? That barely makes it
> in! :-D
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 18:27, Terry wrote:
> > > > > > I remember Win95.  Does that make me cool
> enough
> > > > > to post on the "I am
> > > > > > old" thread?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:27:57 -0500, John
> Dickson
> > > > > <jman at neonramp.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > My memory has faded with all the time
> past. I
> > > > > remember core memory, bubble memory, audio
> tape, and
> > > > > the big jump to the 2400 modem. Even some of
> the big
> > > > > equipment that ran panels and panels of BCD
> lights
> > > > > to interpret condition/status. A 40 meg hard
> drive
> > > > > was about 90 pounds nearly 2 feat tall and
> as wide,
> > > > > made by Singer. I just don't recall what the
> hell I
> > > > > used it for.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > John
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote ..
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > CP/M... the O/S that "inspired" MS-DOS
> :)
> > > > > > > > --- Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net>
> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Reminiscing always tokes me back to
> my old
> > > > > Kaypro 2
> > > > > > > > > and 10. The 10 had a
> > > > > > > > > 300 bpw modem built in but I found a
> 1200bps
> > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > hooked to the serial
> > > > > > > > > port for about $100.  It had a 10 mb
> hard
> > > > > drive and
> > > > > > > > > was all  text based
> > > > > > > > > -- none of this GOO-I stuff! :-) I
> liked
> > > > > using CP/M
> > > > > > > > > (that's their OS).
> > > > > > > > > Ahhhh nostalgia! Would I go back?
> Naahhhhh!
> > > > > Unless
> > > > > > > > > there was a Kaypro
> > > > > > > > > Linux port  .. .. .
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Don Kauffman
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 14:54, Sean
> Edwards
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Um . . . in 1982 I would dial into
> a BBS
> > > > > with my
> > > > > > > > > Radio
> > > > > > > > > > Shack Color Computer II and a
> 300bps
> > > > > (that's
> > > > > > > > > .3kbps)
> > > > > > > > > > modem.  I remember when 2.4kbps
> came out,
> > > > > and that
> > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > screaming! 9.6kbps was unheard of
> for
> > > > > > > > > > consumer/residential use, that
> kind of
> > > > > speed was
> > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > data centers!
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On a side note, I would then have
> to
> > > > > download to
> > > > > > > > > audio
> > > > > > > > > > tape, shut down, remove the modem
> > > > > cartridge, plug
> > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > the floppy drive cartridge, start
> up, and
> > > > > transfer
> > > > > > > > > > from audio tape to floppy drive.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > OS/9 was a POSIX OS for the Color
> Computer
> > > > > and it
> > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > awesome!
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > > > > > > > > > cybersean3000 at yahoo.com
> > > > > > > > > > --- Gregory Thomas
> <netsaint at cox.net>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Who remembers when 9.6k was
> enough?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Now, we have a entire generation
> moaning
> > > > > "why
> > > > > > > > > cant i
> > > > > > > > > > > have it now"
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Ben Dinger wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at
> 05:18:17PM
> > > > > -0700, Eric
> > > > > > > > > Lusk
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >>My only problem with Cox is
> when I had
> > > > > them
> > > > > > > > > before
> > > > > > > > > > > >>they blocked port 80 :(  I run
> a web
> > > > > server,
> > > > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > > > ended
> > > > > > > > > > > >>up with Qwest's new 1500
> down/1024 up
> > > > > package.
> > > > > > > > > > > >>I guess you CAN get the port
> 80 block
> > > > > taken
> > > > > > > > > off,
> > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > >>from what I heard it's
> somewhat
> > > > > spendy, have
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > call
> > > > > > > > > > > >>it a "business" account.
> > > > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >That new Qwest package is by
> far THE
> > > > > SHIT.  I
> > > > > > > > > saved
> > > > > > > > > > > my company several hundred
> dolares a
> > > > > month by
> > > > > > > > > going
> > > > > > > > > > > to the 1.5/1 (or 896) package in
> our
> > > > > Fremont
> > > > > > > > > offsite
> > > > > > > > > > > instead of our old 768/768
> circuit.
> > > > > According
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > Qwest (when we signed up), to
> get the
> > > > > port
> > > > > > > > > blockage
> > > > > > > > > > > off all you need is a static IP
> block.
> > > > > No
> > > > > > > > > biggie
> > > > > > > > > > > there.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >Oh, and, it became a conveinent
> place
> > > > > for me to
> > > > > > > > > put
> > > > > > > > > > > my web/email server due to
> extermely low
> > > > > > > > > utilization
> > > > > > > > > > > of the connection there, and
> well -
> > > > > ALLTEL'S DSL
> > > > > > > > > > > TIERS SUCK THE BALLS AND ASS.
> Oh, did I
> > > > > say
> > > > > > > > > that? :)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >Anyway, I really, really, wish
> that we
> > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > get
> > > > > > > > > > > the speed options in Lincoln
> that you
> > > > > omaha folk
> > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > blessed with.  The best
> economy-wise we
> > > > > can do
> > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > TWC's 3MB/384k Cable.  Alltel's
> "best"
> > > > > upload
> > > > > > > > > > > offering is the 512k/512k DSL
> "ultra".
> > > > > They
> > > > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > > be shot.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >Ahem.. anyway, heh.. lucky
> bastards ;).
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > ben at mac-geek.com
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