[freedumb2003]

It still had the ferrite donut grid memory core.

Mmmm - Ferrite Donut core memory (measured in K)

[tacticalogic]

If you like linux-ish stuff, but circumstances dictate wintel you might want to have a look at Powershell. IMHO, it's one of the more interesting things I've seen come out of the Vista/Longhorn development.