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Article #624581Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Bob Eager
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 23:34
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 23:34
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On Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:11:35 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > On 2 Jul 2018 21:11:21 GMT, Bob Eager wrote: >> >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:47:34 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> >>> On 2 Jul 2018 20:01:31 GMT, Bob Eager wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:43:34 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 1 Jul 2018 22:55:35 GMT, Bob Eager wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I bought an IBM one in 1989, and it was in daily use. Still is - >>>>>> I'm typing this on it! >>>>> >>>>> What OS are you running? >>>> >>>> The keyboard started out with DOS. Then OS/2. Now FreeBSD. >>>> >>>> But it's on a KVM that is also attached to a (rarely used) Windows >>>> system. >>>> >>>> Why? >>> >>> Just curious. >>> >>> I wonder if you can run CPM-86 on it and get hold of a newsreader and >>> gain internet access somehow. >> >> Eh? I'm talking about a keyboard... > > I understood you have a 1989 IBM PC running accessing the usenet. > Nothing about any keyboard. No, it's a 1989 keyboard connected to about the fifth machine I'd had since then. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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