Damn. I used to have a memory that worked.

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Post #20,484

by Silverlock

12/6/01 12:28:15 PM

Damn. I used to have a memory that worked.

It was the NEC V20. I think. It also had the 10 Meg hard drive that failed all over the place. I splurged and got a 20 meg to replace it for (IIRC) ~$300. Things are coming back to me. I bought a fancy dancy CGA monitor with a hercules video card to go along with this technical marvel. I replaced and upgraded various parts of the system over the years until nothing of the original was left. I am still using its spiritual succesor.

When I visit the aquarium, the same thought keeps running through my mind;
Leemmmooonnn, Buuttteerrr, MMMmmmmmm good!

Intel and Rambus out to jointly screw the PC world - (tonytib) - (28) - Dec. 5, 2001, 11:41:29 AM EST

Intel-free... - (inthane-chan) - (14) - Dec. 5, 2001, 01:47:58 PM EST

Well, Intel is also litigation happy (e.g. suing VIA) - (tonytib) - Dec. 5, 2001, 03:44:05 PM EST

MeToo (tm) come to think of it. - (Meerkat) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:05:20 PM EST

Never owned an Intel based PC - (Silverlock) - (11) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:08:26 PM EST

You mean the NEC V20 chip, an improvement on Intel 8088? -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (10) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:30:41 PM EST

Don't think so. - (Silverlock) - (7) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:44:54 AM EST

Z10? Not Z80? - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 09:24:38 AM EST

Am I sure? - (Silverlock) - Dec. 6, 2001, 09:47:54 AM EST

Well, the V20 was compatible with Intel 8088 used by IBM... - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:03:22 PM EST

Z80 - 8088 - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:19:48 PM EST

Damn. I used to have a memory that worked. - (Silverlock) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:28:15 PM EST

Sigh... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 01:03:32 PM EST

Another machine from the earlier days... - (Another Scott) - Dec. 6, 2001, 02:24:39 PM EST

NEC V20 - (nking) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 02:31:05 PM EST

Well, you would have had to change the crystal as well. - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 6, 2001, 03:04:09 PM EST

I thought Microsoft was...? - (static) - Dec. 6, 2001, 05:32:21 AM EST

Since we're going all nostalgic - (wharris2) - (11) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:01:36 PM EST

I remember a rash of "upgradable" PCs. - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:23:45 AM EST

Wasn't upgradable PC - (wharris2) - (8) - Dec. 7, 2001, 02:34:04 AM EST

I remember - (nking) - (7) - Dec. 7, 2001, 08:16:27 AM EST

It's been on-going - (wharris2) - (6) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:08:50 PM EST

Tandy 1000 series - (nking) - (5) - Dec. 7, 2001, 04:18:18 PM EST

History redux - (wharris2) - (4) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:30:21 PM EST

Is he selling any of them? - (nking) - (3) - Dec. 9, 2001, 09:01:26 PM EST

That's not his purpose - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 10, 2001, 01:39:58 PM EST

What is his purpose? - (nking) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2001, 10:42:07 PM EST

What's money? - (wharris2) - Dec. 11, 2001, 12:51:44 PM EST

Similar - (hnick) - Dec. 7, 2001, 07:29:47 AM EST

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