maxwell wrote: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:46:11 +0100, "Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)" >> Sir. You have the honour to be communicating with >> (in the words of my former manager, David Sweeney) >> a DINOSAUR. What else would you expect a dinosaur >> to use but an IBM Model M clicky keyboard and a 19" >> CRT monitor ?! > Floppies?
8", of course. I remember distinctly advising Professor John Thornes not to go for the 5 1/4" version on a PC he was considering buying -- "Couldn't possibly be reliable, that small", I said ... As to Devonian slide-rules, when I replaced my Pre-Cambrian abacus with this accursed modern technology, I found it necessary to have at least three on the go at once : see Exhibit B <https://picasaweb.google.com/110725905659537251822/SlideRules?authkey=Gv1sRgCLGe6sqFrpz2cA#5651517734486159106>. ** Phil.
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