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Article #40638Re: Re^2: Something else you can't do on the Mac
From: Lawrence A. Deleski
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1990 14:49
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1990 14:49
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From article <5904@eos.UUCP>, by woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood):
> In article <519@tci.bell-atl.com> kempf@tci.bell-atl.com (Cory Kempf) writes:
> say VERY EXPENSIVE...
MPW, very expensive? I should say not. Just bought 3.01 for $125. thru
APDA.
> if you are going to make comparisons... there is no longer a 32MB size
> limit on the disk, a 640kB limit on RAM, or only 16 bit processors...
Oh, hmmm, maybe in DOS 4.01. But prior DOS's still have the 32MB DOS
partition limit. And there is still a 640K limit on 'real' memory.
> in spite of these changes to the IBM/CLONES... you are still living a decade
> behind... do some research.
>
> we are working at improving our machine... yours is still a piece of shit.
>
> /*** woody ****************************************************************
Spoken like a true ignoramus.
I'd say the best 'improvement' to a PC (Clone) is (was) Unix. DOS is(was)
the OS of the 70's. Unix is the OS of the 80's. The Finder is the OS of
the future, here today.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!lad! From: lad@lad.scs.com (Lawrence A. Deleski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Re^2: Something else you can't do on the Mac Message-ID: <111@lad.scs.com> Date: 3 Jan 90 14:49:30 GMT References: <5904@eos.UUCP> Organization: Silicon Compiler Systems / Warren, NJ Lines: 32