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"10 Biggest Computer Flops of all time"
TB
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10/27/2006 4:16:46 AM
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Here.
A lot of lessons to be learned.
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"10 Biggest Computer Flops of all time"
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TB
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10/27/2006 4:16:46 AM
Still got the Mac Classic in the garage
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Daniel
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10/30/2006 6:28:33 PM
Deca-Flops
(n/t)
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nick hoffman
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10/30/2006 12:52:19 PM
The VIC-20 should have been on that list
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SDF
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10/29/2006 3:31:29 PM
Sacrilege!
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/29/2006 10:32:09 PM
I could do more with a magnedoodle than a Vic-20
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SDF
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10/30/2006 1:51:49 PM
I never had a problem with ME.
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REB
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10/27/2006 8:36:34 PM
Commodore 64+Sinclair 1000
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carl
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10/27/2006 2:01:51 PM
C64 was a wonderful computer.
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alcaray
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10/27/2006 7:11:47 PM
For the price, the Timex/Sinclair wasn't bad either.
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RobVG
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10/27/2006 9:43:11 PM
Same for the TI 99/4
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Fox
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10/29/2006 8:08:37 PM
Loving memories of Atari 400/800/1200- now those were fine machines!
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Yeti
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10/30/2006 4:49:10 AM
I thought you were older than that.
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RobVG
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10/30/2006 6:07:33 AM
probably am, depending on what 'that' age is.
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Yeti
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10/30/2006 6:26:38 AM
Closest I came to that was supporting ATMs based on the Z80 family of chips
(n/t)
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alcaray
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10/28/2006 8:39:47 PM
re: For the price, the Timex/Sinclair wasn't bad either.
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Laurie Street
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10/27/2006 11:36:16 PM
FOR s = 0 TO 1000 GOTO
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carl
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10/28/2006 5:09:30 PM
10 Print "Bite Me"
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RobVG
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10/28/2006 6:52:19 PM
Processing power now is like steam in the 1700 and 1800s.
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Bowser
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10/27/2006 5:25:15 AM
Terra flops.
(n/t)
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.
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10/27/2006 4:56:48 AM
Try Terra flops.
(n/t)
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RobVG
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10/31/2006 2:19:52 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.