Subj : Re: controversy!
To   : kirkspragg
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon May 20 2024 07:07 am

-=> kirkspragg wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

 ki> It would be a lot slower though... maybe that's not a bad thing, but
 ki> still XT class machines are rather limited.  I moved away from my
 ki> NECv20 clone build to the current 286 build due to how slow &
 ki> occasionally frustrating it was.....

 I remember when I was coding in college on an XT, using Microsoft C. My
 neighbor in the dorms had a 286 with a 287 math coprocessor and it
 compiled in a fraction of the time my system took. I bought a 286
 motherboard with a 287 and proceeded on my first time opening up a PC.
 Spent a couple of sleepless nights wondering what the heck I'd gotten
 myself into.

 AMD 386/40 was still the peak of DOS box evolution, IMO.


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