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It was open stage night in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, when Eliyahu Rooff stepped up to the microphone and muttered: > The worst part is realizing that I spent more on my Commodore 64 > ($600), the tape drive ($69) and the 300-baud modem ($79) than I > did on my current Dell computer with a 2.4 GHz P-4, 264 MB of > RAM, and a flat-panel monitor. Of course the C-64 did have a > couple advantages -- the OS was hard-wired into it, so there was > no wait for bootup and no chance of the files being corrupted, > and the CPU was in the keyboard, reducing the space it needed. Lord, yes. My parents hocked their highschool class rings to buy me the C-64. But if you're looking to save space - I have seen a full blown PC built in the space of a keyboard - CD and modem included. -- Derek Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world. Because there's nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams.
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