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The Famous Druid

Gold Hearted SuperFan!
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4 		Icon 1 posted August 11, 2011 11:42      Profile for The Famous Druid     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
IBM taught the world to pay...

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256K of RAM, BASIC in ROM, cassette interface, 4 colour graphics (320x200)...

Ah memories...

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If you watch 'The History Of NASA' backwards, it's about a space agency that has no manned spaceflight capability, then does low-orbit flights, then lands on the Moon.
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garlicguy

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I hereby formally suggest we urge TFD to consider the username: SgtPepper

[Roll Eyes]

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Posts: 3752 | From: Pluto, no matter what you call it, is still my home. | Registered: Dec 2004  |  IP: Logged
Erbo
BlabberMouth, the Next Generation
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Remember, too, that vestiges of the original architecture of the IBM 5150 PC survive in pretty much every Intel-powered (or AMD-powered) desktop, laptop, netbook, etc., to this day. Yes, even Macs.
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dragonman97

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4 		Icon 1 posted August 23, 2011 09:56      Profile for dragonman97   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
Oh man...I feel old now.

I never used /that/ particular model, but I did use an XT for many years...

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There are three things you can be sure of in life: Death, taxes, and reading about fake illnesses online...
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CommanderShroom
BlabberMouth, a Blabber Odyssey
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This story belongs here.

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Does he know our big secret?
Has one of us confessed?
'Bout the wires circuits and motors
Buried in our chest
Posts: 2419 | From: Somewhere between the gutter... and probably another gutter | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged


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