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Re: Old Computers Are People Too was Re: AT PC Wanted -Perth

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From: Clockmeister
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:00
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Henry's Cat <geracen@wantree.com.au> wrote in article
<78bif4$vct$1@news.wantree.com.au>...
> 
> X-Static wrote in message <917057177.891680@hearts.q-net.net.au>...
> >
> >wouldn't u look like a real dick, if the person only needed an AT for
> >testing something or if he was a network tech, he could make a pretty
damn
> >good router out of it and it would cost him next to nothing.
> 
> 
> I know a taxi driver who's been using the very same Commodore 64 for
close
> on 20 years to do his books on. Probably using VisiCalc 64 or some such.
he
> has no problems although he said a hard drive would be a big help. Is
there
> such a thing as a C64 hard drive?
> 

Yes. CMD still make them, SCSI I think and pretty expensive. There is also
a "SuperCPU" for the C64 made by the same company. Runs at 20Mhz!

There is a now OS and other stuff as well. All pretty pricey, but then CMD
have the monopoly in that market as there is no-one else left who makes new
hardware.

Quite amazing the price some people are willing to pay upgrading ancient
(relatively speaking) computers

Regards,

Clockmeister.
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From: "Clockmeister" <gerryvdb@tnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Old Computers Are People Too was Re: AT PC Wanted -Perth
Date: 1999/02/15
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