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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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I was talking about the BBC production of 1984 (the 1954 version). It's available if you take a bit of a scout.
Don't think that they ever made an 8084 chip, or even an ICL 1984. Could be wrong.
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youth is wasted on the young
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Actually 8087 and the following x87 is what changed the computer world.
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Don't forget the first micro-check for $4004.
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Been a little absent the past couple days, on Tuesday Mrs. Wife and I went to get induced. Well 22 hours later on 1/29 @ 12:46 am our first kid Emma Adalyn was born. 8lb 14oz (4.02kg), a lot bigger than anybody had expected considering the wife was only 3 days overdue. The wife is doing ok considering she had to be taken to surgery right after the baby made her appearance. She had to get a blood transfusion last night and I'm heading back there now.
Anyway, as soon as I get her typing, I'll get her coding. Reserve member 129201446 for her .
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Congratulations to you both!
Welcome to the world, little 129201446, I hope it treats you well.
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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