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   Norm Dresner to Harlan Osier   
   Re: Vintage computers are better than mo   
   13 Jul 04 18:31:23   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: ndrez@att.net   
      
   "Harlan Osier"  wrote in message   
   news:89ec59b9.0407122116.4867a202@posting.google.com...   
   > Yes, modern PCs are low-tech, they will explode after 2 weeks of   
   > use.PCs and homecomputers from the 70s or 80s are still working today.   
   >   
   > So I use an old IBM XT at home with 5.25" drive an 10MB Hard disk,   
   > much more reliable than the crappy plastic - PCs of today.   
      
   I don't know where you're buying that S$%T but I have several "modern" PC's   
   that are working just fine and should continue to do so for the next several   
   years at least.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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