> On 13 Jan 05  03:55:54, Tom Walker got back to Dan Ceppa
> -> Re: Hardware MB question

> -> Only a bunch?  I have a bunch of 8-bit MBs!

>> I dumped those long ago. But several of those cards as I recal lare
>> Parallel port cards and I may have a need some day when working on
>> combo ISA/PCI motherboard.
>> Which by the way have almost disappeared form the market. Except for
>> the used ones on E-Bay of course.

> Part of the problem of the disappearance is that newer systems
> are becoming quite inexpensive.

  To me that is what makes the older systems more interesting.

   Take a modern cheap car verses a Edwardian Roadster.  One has inexpensive
   seats and trim, the other, hardwood craftmanship and leather.  Thus the
   analogy I give my Atari 800 to most modern computers.

   Sure they go faster, but are they as stylish?  :D

    Doc Clu 800

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