In the 80's I used to be a cobol programmer for Amsouth bank in Birmingham, AL. I remember when we were first getting pc's and they gave me a 40MB drive to put in one of the boxes. At the time I thought to myself "Man, 40MB! We'll never fill this thing up!"
Regards, Mark. On 11/15/05, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mem-oh-ries > > On 11/15/05, Greg Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh, I used to own a PC Jr. :) And a XT (and I remember the CADET > > "Can't Add Doesn't Even Try"). LOL!! Your e-mail brought back some > > good memories... > > As I mentioned in my earlier posting, I was involved with (actually an > officer in) the IBM Poughkeepsie Microcomputer Hobbyist Club. > > When the PCjr (codenamed Peanut) was announced, IBM made a point of > sending one of the project planners up to Poughkeepsie from Boca to > give us a presentation. I volunteered to pick the guy up at the > Duchess County airport. I had a hard time not breaking out in > laughter when he turned out to be about 4' 6" tall. > > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site > http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/ > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
