KW> "BOB KLAHN"  wrote

>> I don't know how my timelines are, but, in 93 that sounds like
>> it might have been a decent system. Ok, my 486sx20 dates from
>> that era. Hmmm... never did have a good internal calendar. Ok,
>> now I remember, my oldest daughter was in college, and she had a
>> 486. So, your's was one step back. I might have gotten my 486
>> desktop sometime around then.


 KW> Hmmm. The 386SX came out in 1998. At work, I had a 486DX50

 I assume you mean 1988. Man my internal calendar is out of
 whack.

 KW> around that time. Pentium-60 processors came out in 1993. I

 That's probably why I got those 486's so cheap.

 KW> kept that 386SX running (mid-tower clone case with Bill
 KW> Gates' face where the label should be) until 1996 or so,
 KW> then gave it to the guy running &TOTSE
 KW> (http://www.totse.com) back when he was my NIRVANAnet hub.

 We had a 386 running at work until just a few years ago. Only
 desktop we had slow enough to link with an old Dec production
 monitoring system. Finally got rid of the old system. Replaced
 it with a Windows based system that really stinks.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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