OT $45.00

[Rick Sivernell]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:17:40 -0400
Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 08:46 -0500, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:19:43 -0400
> > Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 20:42 -0700, Bob Hemus wrote:
> > > > I bought a Gateway in 1997 that came with win95.  I just got a chit in
> > > > the mail from M$ for 45 bucks!!  Hot Dawg!!
> > > > Bob
> > > 
> > > Damn, I had already switched to Linux then... check out the Linux user #
> > > <grins> Any rebates coming from Digital and CP/M? GeoWorks? Ric
> > > 
> > 
> >   Yes you can, first you will need to find them<g>. I am sure they would give
> > some money back after a heavy price tag. If they can find any at the junk yard or
> > side walk sale.
> 
> There is or was a private museum in either Idaho or Washington State
> that I donated a pile of my collection of cp/m gear to. I had Televideo,
> Imsai, Osborne, Cromenco, Data General, Altos, you name it I probably
> had it at one point in time or another. That was the original "Home for
> Wayward Computers". I Had IBM System 34, 36 and 38, and my fave the
> Unisys 5000/90 mini running UNIX. Oh yeah, had a Sperry with 5 meg
> removable HD packs and 32k of hand-soldered transistor memory. Code was
> tight in those days!!!  Ric
> 

Ric

  I remember those, even played with or used them. Ooooooops, that just dated me.

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Rick Sivernell
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