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Just wrote out a cheque for £8088
Looked up wistfully and sighed.
The whiskerless youth enquired what was up and I told him the value of the cheque and how I used to use 8088's and what a great little chip it was for the time.
Unimpressed, he shrugged and said "Never 'eard of it".
O Tempora O Mores
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Steeling a line from Maurice Chevalier, "ah yes I remember it well!"
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Mike Hankey wrote: Maurice Chevalier
Who the hell is he? The inventor of the 8088 chip? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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You're confused, my work here is done. 
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"We met at 8088"
"We met at 9099"
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Dalek Dave wrote: Unimpressed, he shrugged and said "Never 'eard of it".
Maybe you need to write him a cheque for £68000...
[update: s/check/cheque/]
Never moon a werewolf.
- Harvey
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H.Brydon wrote: [update: s/check/cheque/]
Divided by a common language!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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For me, it would be £6502.
Miss the simplicity of those days...
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Regrettably, I would pocket very little for my Z80 based youth... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Could be even worse, think about the youth today that develops for iPhone.
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Wonder what they would get: an iOU perhaps?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yeah, 6502, 6809, all the way baby
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Gizz wrote: 6502, 6809, all the way baby
Now you are talking *real* money here 
-- RP
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A cheque for £68K would indeed improve my memory! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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 $$$ "Hello Moto" $$$
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And you'll get 32 bits change.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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Like dude what's a cheque I haven't had to write one for ages 
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Dalek Dave wrote: The whiskerless youth
Give him a whack on the head and tell him to go back to school or college or something.
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Haven't written a cheque in decades. No wonder he's never heard of it!
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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You should have given them a check for p2, and told them to be grateful for the upgrade.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Stew.
Them's with salt.
Them's without. 
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I had an 8088 machine too, but something else sticks in my mind.
Many ... many years ago, our office was putting together a group purchase of 486 motherboards. I was waffling on spending the money. That Sunday, the opening hymn was on page 486. That made up my mind! I was on a mission from GOD!!!
And besides $486 is cheaper unless you get pick and demand $80486 !!!
Footnote: There was a reason the boards were cheap... flaky DMA made the floppy drive useless. After putting up with non-sense for years I gave the POS away with the provision that it never be sold... which it was !!! The cows came home when the buyer complained to me about the board and I filled him in on the truth!!!
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