Subj : Re: First Computer That R
To   : Nightfox
From : Moondog
Date : Mon Feb 07 2022 09:38:00

  Re: Re: First Computer That R
  By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 06 2022 02:44 pm

 >   Re: Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
 >   By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Feb 05 2022 12:38 pm
 > 
 >  PF> I can't resist computers that clients offered me. I was given a little
 >  PF> toaster-looking HP Pavilion, circa 2004. It was a couple of years old,
 >  PF> when all computers had to have CD cubbies and clear doors over the opti
 >  PF> drives and two-tone cases with wings, and proprietary speakers that hun
 >  PF> off of a monitor in a matching two-tone scheme. That thing had 512mb of
 >  PF> RAM, a 500 mhz celeron and ATA-33 drives. But, it ran the BBS perfectly
 >  PF> for the next 7 years.
 > 
 > PCs with proprietary parts always bugged me.  In early high school, I had a 
 >  inside it, and I saw it had a riser board for the expansion cards to be ins
 > 
 > Nightfox
 > 
Riser cards have been around since the 8088 days.  The sound card/ modem you
mentioned had a voicemail feature and software to use it as an answering
machine.  I had a winmodem which came with similar software.

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