Re: LZ: Floppy Drive
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barrym wrote:
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> On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Max Mansour wrote:
>
> > Hey Barry, just curious, but what do you do (work-wise)? I've noticed from
> > your posts that you have umpteen high-end calcs (you don't have to answer,
> > if you think it's too personal, I'm just curious). Most people on this
> > list (high schoolers, college) can't afford 2 85s, 2 83s, a 48 + RAM cards,
> > etc (although I have 2 85s, a HP95lx, a MP130, and I might get a WinCE HPC,
> > after I take a look at them at Comdex this year...).
>
> I'm a senior systems analyst for a mutual fund holding
> company. I make a fairly decent salary, nothing to brag
> about, and I'm single, my car is paid for, I live in a
> reasonably priced apartment and I wear shoddy clothes,
> so I can afford a few gadgets. Not as many as I'd like
> but then, who can.
>
> When I was in high school (1953+) calculators didn't exist.
> There was no such thing. There were a few mechanical hand
> held devices that could do arithmetic, and you could buy
> an abacus in some of the toy stores, but that's about it.
>
> If there had been calculators in those days, I wouldn't have
> been able to buy one. My family was POOR. So I do know what
> youre talking about. I wanted an abacus but couldn't afford
> one. I think they were 2 or 3 dollars.
>
> But now I'm not poor. Well, not too poor. There's lots of
> stuff I can't do. I'd really love to buy Microsoft, for
> example, so I can get an early look at Pegasus.
>
> Barryi like your sence of humor :)... i admire you man.. it takes a real man
to want to buy microsoft :) hehe
anywayz... im back.. my email crashed a while back, so if anybody got
some weird throwbacks from me, me sorry.
chris
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