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What can you do with a 20MHz computer?
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From
26/06/2012 07:06:39
Metin Emre
Ozcom Bilgisayar Ltd.
Istanbul, Turkey
 
 
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25/06/2012 16:57:57
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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>>CPU - single core, 20MHz clock
>>RAM - 128MB
>>Storage - 256MB solid-state flash memory
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>>Useless for business, even a child's LeapPad has a lot more power than that.
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>Last I heard, the 80286 chips were used to run traffic lights. And our VAX tape drive had a Motorola 68000 in it.
>
>Few months ago I rebuilt dad's machine - found a Pentium IV with 256M in it and replaced it with my previous motherboard (and bought a cheap dual core Athlon).I guess it ran about eight years - not continuously. Only now I managed to persuade him that these machines suffer more when turned on/off than on standby. And he likes the ten minute turn-off feature for the monitor, finds his way to bed with other lights off.

I used foxbase at 8086 XT with 256kb memory. I'm sure 80286 is enough for lights... :)

My first 80286 was at 12MHZ and it was excellent for me..

I hope it won't gone another old bags old computer memories endless thread... :)
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