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From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 May 2010 10:32 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Whatever the bloody things were, they were Amstrad, and they ran > > Wordstar 2000 from MS-DOS and they had 5/25" floppy drives. > > Sounds like the PC1512 Aha! Now *that* part number rings a bell. > and PC1640 machines. Quite good machines overall. > As I recall, they used the old-style MFM hard drives. I can't recall the disc capacity, but I think you're right. >I never found out > why, but they always -sounded- lovely - they made quite, melodic > chirping noises when in use. > > <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Amstrad_PC1512.jpg> Once upon a time, `everything' looked a bit like that. But the writing along the bottom edge of the PC's case, that rings a very loud bell. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: The Older Gentleman on 23 May 2010 10:36 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Is your life so meaningless and empty > that you can only get pleasure from winding up loonies on-line <fx: raises eyebrow> That sounds suspiciously like a confession. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Steve Firth on 23 May 2010 10:28 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Whatever the bloody things were, they were Amstrad, and they ran > > Wordstar 2000 from MS-DOS and they had 5/25" floppy drives. > > Sounds like the PC1512 and PC1640 machines. Quite good machines overall. It would of course be expecting too much that after his usual round of insulting someone that Rowland could actually admit that he cocked up and offer an apology for the vile behaviour.
From: Jim on 23 May 2010 10:38 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Sounds like the PC1512 > > Aha! Now *that* part number rings a bell. > > > and PC1640 machines. Quite good machines overall. > > As I recall, they used the old-style MFM hard drives. > > I can't recall the disc capacity, but I think you're right. I'm guessing, but I think they were in the 20MB-40MB range. > >I never found out > > why, but they always -sounded- lovely - they made quite, melodic > > chirping noises when in use. > > > > <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Amstrad_PC1512.jpg> > > Once upon a time, `everything' looked a bit like that. > > But the writing along the bottom edge of the PC's case, that rings a > very loud bell. I've got a couple of them here, including the 'portable' version, the PPC1512. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 May 2010 10:43
The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Is your life so meaningless and empty > > that you can only get pleasure from winding up loonies on-line > > <fx: raises eyebrow> > > That sounds suspiciously like a confession. And what about you, TOG? You seem to sit there, poised and waiting for my next post, so you can reply with a sneering, snide put-down inside minutes. You need to drop your morbid obsession and get a life. .... at least, one which does not involve sitting at your keyboard persecuting loonies on-line because you like watching them howl. I suspect you need professional help, as do I - but I admit it and I'm trying to get it. What about you? Do you have the courage - as I do - to admit that you're mentally ill? I mean, look at yourself, just how much of a saddo do you need to be to get enjoyment from the suffering you cause in others, eh? Sat there waiting for your victim to post, so you can leap in and wind him up again - you're obsessed, you are, and it's unhealthy. You think I'm being paranoid, fair reader? Yeah? Well, look at the time between my posts and the snider sneerings I get from people like Jim and TOG here. They really are waiting at their keyboards, monitoring this newsgroup, looking for a new post from the loony so they can leap in with more personal abusiveness, more personally annoying wind-ups, all because they take their pleasure from this sort of thing. Sad, disgraceful, and inexplicably mad behaviour from all of them. And they all refuse to admit that they've got mental health problems, all these madmen. Jim, TOG, whoever - they're in state of denial, despite the fact that they're all displaying an unequivocal morbid obsession with being nasty to me. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |