=========================================================================== BBS: The Abacus * HST * Potterville MI Date: 08-27-92 (17:49) Number: 1 From: CASEY PEARSON Refer#: NONE To: ROGER BEACH Recvd: NO Subj: 386 for sale Conf: (19) For Sale o --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RB>I have the remains of a good six month old system. I have upgraded to a new RB>tem and no longer need most of it. RB>System includes RB>- 386SX-16MHz Motherboard - no ram, but built in HD/FD controller RB> and built in VGA. RB>- Slimline Case RB>- Power Supply 200W I Beilieve RB>- 101 key keyboard RB>- game card w/ two joysticks RB>- 2400 baud modem I allow my friends to put ads on CIS for $2/line. If you'd like to do this, let me know via private mail. These ads are seen around the world! Items usually sell quick, if the price is low. Let me know what you think. See ya! Your friend, Casey consultant ... þ SLMR 2.1a þ This tagline is umop apisdn --- DCQwk/T.A.G. 1.2 es here. =========================================================================== BBS: The Abacus * HST * Potterville MI Date: 09-04-92 (20:24) Number: 18 From: JASON CROCKETT Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: VEM: Very Expensive Modem Conf: (25) Lansing Fo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If someone can tell me (especially Casey Pearson who knows all, etc.), I would appreciate knowing why a USR Courier 2400 costs $500 (!). According to Co mputer Shopper it has Auto Fallback Support. I don't know what that is, but my Sportster surely doesn't have it. But then C. Shopper says my modem retails for $139. I paid less than 26 percent of that price. What prompts this? There is a guy selling the aforementioned Courier for $350. Is this really reasonable? TIA... JC --- T.A.G. 2.6c3 Beta * Origin: The Abacus * HST * Potterville MI (1:159/100@FIDONET.ORG) =========================================================================== BBS: The Abacus * HST/DS * Potterville, MI Date: 11-08-92 (18:06) Number: 13 From: GERALD MORGAN Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: Prodgraming language Conf: (7) Programmin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Selecting a Programming Language Made Easy Daniel Solomon & David Rosenblueth Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 With such a large selection of programming languages it can be difficult to choose one for a particular project. Reading the manuals to evaluate the languages is a time consuming process. On the other hand, most people already have a fairly good idea of how various automobiles compare. So in order to assist those trying to choose a language, we have prepared a chart that matches programming languages with comparable automobiles. Assembler - A Formula I race car. Very fast, but difficult to drive and expensive to maintain. FORTRAN II - A Model T Ford. Once it was king of the road. FORTRAN IV - A Model A Ford. FORTRAN 77 - A six-cylinder Ford Fairlane with standard transmission and no seat belts. COBOL - A delivery van. It's bulky and ugly, but it does the work. BASIC - A second-hand Rambler with a rebuilt engine and patched upholstry. Your dad bought it for you to learn to drive. You'll ditch the car as soon as you can afford a new one. PL/I - A Cadillac convertible with automatic transmission, a two- tone paint job, white-wall tires, chrome exhaust pipes, and fuzzy dice hanging in the windshield C - A black Firebird, the all-macho car. Comes with optional seat belts (lint) and optional fuzz buster (escape to assembler). ALGOL 60 - An Austin Mini. Boy, that's a small car. Pascal - A Volkswagon Beetle. It's small but sturdy. Was once popular with intellectuals. Modula II - A Volkswagon Rabbit with a trailer hitch. ALGOL 68 - An Astin Martin. An impressive car, but not just anyone can drive it. LISP - An electric car. It's simple but slow. Seat belts are not available. PROLOG/LUCID - Prototype concept-cars. Maple/MACSYMA - All-terrain vehicles. FORTH - A go-cart. LOGO - A kiddie's replica of a Rolls Royce. Comes with a real engine and a working horn. APL - A double-decker bus. Its takes rows and columns of passengers to the same place all at the same time. But, it drives only in reverse gear, and is instrumented in Greek. Ada - An army-green Mercedes-Benz staff car. Power steering, power brakes and automatic transmission are all standard. No other colors or options are available. If it's good enough for the generals, it's good enough for you. Manufacturing delays due to difficulties reading the design specification are starting to clear up. =========================================================================== BBS: The Abacus * HST/DS * Potterville MI Date: 02-13-93 (05:44) Number: 1 From: MIKE STUCKA Refer#: NONE To: CASEY PEARSON Recvd: NO Subj: re:Ugrading a 386sx-16 Conf: (4) Hardware & --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5*** Quoting Casey Pearson to Don Bosman dated 02-11-93 *** 0> 1DB>CP>How much would it cost to upgrade a Magnavox 386SX-16 MaxStation 0> 1DB>CP>computer? I want to upgrade it to a 386-33 Mhz, so I know I must 0> 1change 0> 1DB>CP>the motherboard. Could I just change it myself...? Is it 0> 1simple? How 0> 1DB>CP>much? 0> 1 0> 1DB>Aren't you the person who claims to be a computer consultant? 0> 1DB> If so why do you have to ask such questions? 0> 1 I consult software not hardware : So I'm a software 0> 1 consultant :) 0> 1 0> 1What's the advantage of a 386sx-33Mhz computer chip? Will it really 0> 1double my current speed of 16 Mhz? Me thinks you keep re-uploading the same old QWK packet-QWK doors will _not_ che ck for duplicates. There's a listing a month or so newer than this one, but perhaps this list might give you an idea of prices: Street Price Report: LOW PRICES ON MOTHERBOARDS Prices as of December 30, 1992 (Prices rounded to nearest dollar.) Sources of Information: (a) Computer Shopper, January (b) Comp-u-store, December 16 (c) PC Magazine, December 8 (d) Computer Hotline, December (e) Computer Monthly, December (f) Computer Shopper, December (g) User-Contributed, December (h) Vendor Catalogs, December (i) Comp-u-store, November 1 (j) Computer Hotline, November (k) Computer Monthly, November (l) Computer Shopper, November (m) User-Contributed, November (n) Vendor Catalogs, November ITEM PRICE VENDOR SOURCE 286-12 59 MW Computer (l) 286-16 75 MW Computer (l) 286-20 65 A-Plus Computer (f) 386DX-25 115 Int'l Digital Equip (f) 386DX-33 175 Computix Upgrade (d) 386DX-33 64K cache 176 Dee One Systems (f) 386DX-40 195 Computix Upgrade (d) 386DX-40 64K cache 170 System Powerhouse (f) 386SX-16 75 Computix Upgrade (d) 386SX-25 104 Dee One Systems (f) 386SX-33 105 A-Plus Computer (f) 486-33 EISA 790 Computix Upgrade (d) 486-33 256K cache 499 Sabina International (f) 486-33 64K cache 489 PC Importers (l) 486-33 64K cache ISA 416 Zora Systems (f) 486-50 EISA 890 Computix Upgrade (d) 486-50 Local Bus 779 Ulta Computers (f) 486-50 256K cache 689 PC Importers (l) 486-50 256K cache EISA 995 A-Plus Computer (f) 486-50 256K cache ISA 750 Ulta Computers (f) 486SX-25 190 Zora Systems (f) 486SX-25 64K cache 235 A-Plus Computer (f) Micronics 486-33 EISA 1179 Portable Warehouse (f) Micronics 486-33 ISA 759 Elco Computers (f) I hope this helps you out some. Notice that you can get a 386DX-40 for actually cheaper than the -33 (AMD vs. Intel chips), but that a 486sx-25 runs $20 more t han the 386DX-40.