[ale] old hardware

[Jeff Lightner]

Supercalc!

In a prior incarnation I was an accountant who loved Lotus 123 and
Symphony.   I had a boss who brought in Supercalc for his own PC.  Once
when speaking to another department head in my presence he was asked
"What is Supercalc."  I quickly butted in saying "It's a communist plot
to reduce our technological superiority." 

My boss tried to say there was nothing Lotus could do that he couldn't
do with Supercalc.  When I used Lotus Symphony as a terminal emulator to
login to the UNIX property management system he finally had to admit
there were things Supercalc couldn't do.  *Big Evil Grin*

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Courtney Thomas
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:47 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] old hardware

I've got an '82 Compupro 8085/88 that still runs Supercalc and Dbase.
The
external 40MB harddrive with it's power supply encased in a steel case,
weighs approx. 50 pounds and cost over $5K at that time. It uses 8"
floppies
which are not as easy to find as of old  :-)

Courtney

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From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: [ale] old hardware


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