Re: Re: Gateway 2000
  By: Kurt Weiske to ED KOON on Mon Sep 01 2014 10:58 am

 > -=> ED KOON wrote to ADAM GLAZENER <=-
 > 
 >  EK> I remember my old 286/12 IBM clone that weighed more than a
 >  EK> cinderblock. That old MFM drive was huge and heavy. I remember
 >  EK> upgrading it's 1200 baud modem to 2400 baud. Man that was FAST! LOL!
 > 
 > That was about the time I started my BBS -- a 286 clone, motherboard packed
 > with electronic components, 2 32 MB MFM drives. They'd need seasonal
 > reformatting, and the BBS would toss a message a second. Maintenance took
 > all early morning long -- when it didn't crash because the disk filled up!
 > 
 > 
 > 
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i love the old mfm and rll drives they sounded cool when they ran
i use to call it drive music
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