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To: PLMerite
Can you imagine what kind of computer you can get today for that money? I thought this ad is in line with that:

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11 posted on 09/15/2014 4:57:16 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: SkyDancer
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Adam Smith's fault ...


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13 posted on 09/15/2014 5:06:27 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (.)
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yes i paid $1000 for an ibm memory board that had 2K of memory chips. It would not fit in the pc i owned so i bought a memory card that you could insert the chips into. The IBM board was soldered so i tried to unsolder using a wood burning tool. after that didn’t work i used the old reliable propane plumbing torch. Popped them out and put them in the 2K board. Installed oracle and ran with the 2k in extended memory. that was around 1989. ran for several years 24/7 crunched numbers each night from my buddies pc and prepared fax reports for stock selection (Goerlich/van Brunt Newsletter)


18 posted on 09/15/2014 5:20:49 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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