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Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
From: cangel@famvid.com
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Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 22:51:48 GMT
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
FD>Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
FD>> On 1900-01-25 jrd@cc.usu.edu(JoeDoupnik) said:
FD>> JD>>JRD> 486 and Pentium motherboards are basically free
FD>> JD>>JRD> for the asking...
FD>> You see Michel said this was not an option and was
FD>> ignored. The folklore of free `486s is probably true if
FD>> you work in academia where they get new equipment for free
FD>> or in the government where they place no value on what
FD>> they no longer require. For the rest of us even scrap
FD>> metal has a price tag.
FD> No need to work for the government or academia. Try any of
FD> the *. forsale groups - many people are selling 486's for
FD> less than $30 or giving them away outright. Even for
FD> someone earning the minimum wage, the $30 would quickly
FD> repay itself in reduced boot time and sanity over a 8088.
You completely ignored that it was not an option. This is
probably the third or fourth time it has been ignored.
I made the mistake of mentioning money and gave you an
alternate subject to discuss. I realize it was a mistake.
First they are free, then $30. At some point we will get to the
real-world price that anything useable is about $100.
As for earning minimum wage you're assuming that the money is
the problem and choice has no value. There is the assumption
that because you enjoy newer systems _everybody_ does. Do you
have a friend who restores old automobiles and do you tell him
he should buy something newer?
Most of the time this is fun for me and a few others who also
enjoy doing it the old-fashioned way.
As for earning minimum wage, you probably don't think about it
often but I keep finding myself communicating via email with
shut-ins who are handicapped and cannot even earn minimum wage.
Their income is probably below minimum wage, I don't ask them.
They know I won't knock their equipment or tell them to get
something better I guess?
FD> If one still can't manage the cost, then politely ask on
FD> one of those newsgroups for a machine as a donation and you
FD> will likely get one. Myself and others have disposed of
FD> several obsolete machines that way.
Yes, Frank, you can throw away what those earning minimum wage
cannot purchase. I'm happy for you.
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