Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 26 Oct 1998.
Can you see the thread drift?
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 26 Oct 1998
On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ojosh!ro wrote: > sgt pinback wrote: > > > _________________ > > |.------. ... .-. | > > || | ||| | | | <-8088 compaq `luggable', 35 pounds of raw > > ||| | |d| | | || computing power that i used to run desqview > > |||______| ||| |_| || on until some fool stole it last year. > > |@================='| > > |@__________________| > > @@@ > > @|""-""""""""""""""| > > `-----------------' > > my address: (rot13) cva...@qnegzbhgu.rqh > > Whow!!! > It almost looks as heavy as my Osbourne one... > We called it a "Transportable"... isn't an osborne older (and thus cooler)? (8080a, z80, 6502?) and there that was similar too i think. they may be worth something as collectors item tho. but my fav thing about my compaq was the price. i could point at it and say 'that's the kind of computer you can get if you have thirty-seven & a half dollars and no sense' :) it was once part of this pile: . . |""-"""""""""""""| . ,--------------.`----------------' . | __________ | .--------. . | | | | |.------.| . | | | | ||______|| . | | | | || ---- || . | |__________| | |`------'| . `______________' | |___| | . __/__________\___ | | . |.------. ... .-. | | | . || | ||| | | | | | ,--------------. . ||| | |d| | | ||| = O | | ------------ | . ||______| ||| |_| | | : | | | | | . @=================' |________| | | | | . .--@@@-------------------------. | | | | . | @ | ,--------,| | | | | . | @ | | ||| | |__________| | . |_____@_|____________|________|| |______________| . ||:o| @ ||||||||||| ' \ / . |______@_____________|||||||||||.' ========== . @|""-""""""""""""""| . `-----------------' a.k.a. the roberts (super)^-1 computing center. (at the bottom, a wyse 286, on top of that the compaq and a platypus 486, on the compaq, the monitor for the 286, next to the whole mess the monitor for the 486. w/ either the 286 or 486 keyboard on the 486 (the other'd be on my lap or leaned against the table leg). ok, gonna one up me w/ 4 machines? :) my address: (rot13) cva...@qnegzbhgu.rqh
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