🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <H.ea.0kgtRS0BsQs@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>, cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth) writes:
> In <1iobpvINN79q@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, Steve Wells writes:
>> > OS/2 2.x?  NeXTstep '486 (when it comes out)?
>> 
>> And what are the minimum system requirements for that!?  How much RAM
>> does it Need!?
> 
> Well, from what I've heard, OS/2 and Windows both need the RAM/hard
> drive space that is standard in every PC sold these days...  4M RAM, an
> 80M hard drive.  They both work better with more RAM/disk.
> 
>> The ST's GEM environment is on ROM chips, so is faster, requires under
>> 200k of RAM (not sure about newer versions).  And doesn't NEED a Hard
>> Drive to run!!  
> 
> So?  After buying a hard drive (well, four of them), I'll neer use a
> computer without one again... why should I?  Everything I do is much
> faster because of them.  And MANY things I do would be impossible
> without them.  Can you even _load_ GNU C++ on a "standard" 1M ST?

My thoughts to that point (thinking more generally) are that MOST people don't
NEED to program in GNU C++.  This places a hard-drive back into the nice-but-
still-a-luxury catagory.  Sorry, it's still $$ (and a maybe a smattering of
nostalgia) that holds me out of the clone-realm.  I'll probably cross the
threshhold some time after a hard-drive for this ST costs more than a complete
clone system.  And that's not likely to happen soon.

> OS/2 2.1 beta on CD-ROM for $15 apparently...  $15 in a $1500-$2000
> system isn't exactly noticable...

I believe someone said something about that being a beta copy, or unliscenced
or something.  Of course pirating is not so unfamiliar to many clone users.


Anywho, it sounds like you're on the right track.  Buy what you need.  Use
will-power.  Buy only what you need.  The clone-realm is prone to draw a man to
gadget hell.  Look at them, look at what Atari can do, look at what MAC can do.  
Good luck!


				-Matt