Re: Some history parts 1 & 2.

Donn Haven Lathrop wrote: > > A pair of mating Kudos to Gregg. > > That one goes in the archives. > I'll withhold mating kudos but it should be on LEM. Thanks again. William -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Some history parts 1 & 2.

A pair of mating Kudos to Gregg. That one goes in the archives. That little lecture was the best I've run into since factory school on my first computer--no HD, 8K mag core memory, 1 Mhz clock, and all the A. Gold (1964) you could handle. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Some history

Thank you very much for your clear and thorough explanation, Gregg. With some pictures of distressed guys like me and my housemates, around 1994, in the middle of the night, floppies and coffee mugs all over the place, approaching a deadline, trying to figure of what on earth were heads or cylind

Re: Some history

At 05:45 AM 08/03/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Hmm, this got way longer than anticipated. :) Even >busted the list's 10K size limit. Next part in next >message. :) If Dan thinks it's good enough for >my much neglected "Trailing Edge" on Low End PC >(or even *gasp* good enough for a spot somewhere >on L

Some history part 2.

Part 2 in response to why Macs use disk drivers and PCs (generally) don't. Here follows a history of the PC platform's trials and tribulations with the hard drive through the years. Reading it is optional. Since the IBM PC was introduced in 1981 and the Mac in 1984 (and the PC was in development

Some history

Hmm, this got way longer than anticipated. :) Even busted the list's 10K size limit. Next part in next message. :) If Dan thinks it's good enough for my much neglected "Trailing Edge" on Low End PC (or even *gasp* good enough for a spot somewhere on LEM) be my guest, I think it's a bit long and pr