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Re: [BL] 486 Laptops/Gmail on BL (was: USB modem and wireless <blahv>)

From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
To: lforrestster AT gmail.com, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] 486 Laptops/Gmail on BL (was: USB modem and wireless <blahv>)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:47:48 +0000 (UTC)

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Lee Forrest wrote:

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 04:48:50AM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
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A 486 will be faster than your serial modem connection.

Why doesn't that surprise me? I've often thought that computers
and the internet have gone downhill since the mid-eighties (since
control passed from Academia to Business). Is that when 486's
were in general use?

I bought a new XT (8MHz) in 1986. I used it until about 1999. 386s were around by 1990. 486s until about 1995 with some overlap with 60MHz PIs after that.

Lee

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