Re: History (was Matching Record (Was Need Help))

Dean wrote (in part)

>Another correct answer!  Dang, all I can come up with to ask now is the
>proper names of both 80 and 96 column cards and why...

-names- of the cards?  Fred and Ethel?   (:   Names of the card
-reader/punches- now:   Multi-Function Card Machine (80 column) or
Multi-Function Card Unit (96 column).  Of course, the names were usually
changed so that the MF part of the name was somewhat different...


>BTW, It wasn't that long ago that we had PC XT's with 640K of RAM and a 10Mb
>hard drive running 15 applications and no where near out of space.  Of
>course, Mr. ("Road Ahead") Gates never envisioned needing more than 640K or a
>30Mb hard drive...


That's why Apple decided that the Macintosh would have the system stuff at
one end of memory and the user stuff at the other... and the two ends grow
toward the middle.  Just add more memory and keep running.   (:


--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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