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To: CJ Wolf
I built my first PC in 1981, a Zenith Z-100.

It had 2 CPUs, an 8080 and an 8085, an 8088 math co-processor, a 300dpi COLOR monitor, a 1200 baud INTERNAL modem, 1Mb RAM, a 10Mb double height 5.25" hard disk, two 5.25 floppy drives, and a 300bpi dot matrix printer. I was HOT STUFF.

It cost me almost $3,000. It got me an education I couldn't have bought at the time. It also got me my second sub-specialty code in the Navy for Communications/Computers.

I later had a TEMPEST version at work that had a removable HD so I could lock up the data and not the machine.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

1,553 posted on 04/17/2020 5:35:31 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm

Haven’t heard TEMPEST in a long time. Brings back memories (and not the finest).


1,567 posted on 04/17/2020 5:49:40 PM PDT by TrueFact (Don't hang out with narcissists or dems...but I repeat myself.)
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To: LonePalm

Wait.......... 2 CPUs on a PC made in 1981? Jeeeez, 99% of modern mobos don’t support 2 CPUs.


1,573 posted on 04/17/2020 5:54:49 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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