RE: Which Platform to Start?
On 10 Feb 2001, at 21:46, gebrandariz at YAHOO.COM wrote:
> Kat (and everybody),
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kat <gertie at PELL.NET>
> To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 12:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Which Platform to Start?
>
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> > I'd guess finding a 486 with a 610meg hd would be rare in
> > most "3rd world" countries, and some "2nd world" ones as well.
> >
> > Kat
>
> There are 3rd world countries and 3rd world countries. No doubt what you say
> is sadly true in many cases. But I live in Argentina, where a PC will cost
> you perhaps 10 or 15% above the domestic US price.
/me waves to Gerardo
I didn't consider Argentina such a 3rd world place, at least not all of it. Or
Equador, at
least, not all of it. For many years, you had a more advanced telephone system
than
we did here, because Southern Bell stripped old equipment out of Atlanta and
Birmingham, as an upgrade before the Olympics in those cities, and they shipped
the
used equipment to various places in South America. Meanwhile, here 40 minutes
outside Birmingham, we were using equipment far older than the stuff Southern
Bell
was pulling out as antiquated! It's not just the equipment either, there is a
new digital
substation about 1/2 mile from me, with several T1 lines feeding it, and i
cannot get
any internet service faster than 10K, even tho the company that owns that
substation
is an isp itself. And reliability of everything from the roads, electrical
lines, telephone,
etc, is terrible. I was running the C64 on batteries, and when i switched to an
ibm
clone, i had to stop programming until i could get a battery UPS for it.
But anyhow, as to which platform to use, i plan on using the 586-133 as home
environment controler (Eu on dos, naturally), and to tend the windoze box
online.
Kat
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