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Old 03-05-2019, 06:44 AM   #550
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
I don't give a monkey's how long it takes to 'wake up'. It's long been my habit to press the on button, visit the bathroom, go get coffee from the cafe with a brioche, strangle the neighbours cat, look at the phone etc. Often times, by the time I get to the keyboard the monitor's powered down (10min). I was weaned on Ferranti paper tape bootstrap loaders and 360 IPL decks

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Ha - not to be outdone - I worked on a 360 model 22 with 32K and 4 2311 disk drives. Then a bit later on an Intel 8080 development system - I think I still have a box of 8" floppies somewhere in the basement. Those were the days...
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