Re: jippie, my apple2+ is still working :-))

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
> In article <2Z9U5.18308$L26.5356156@typhoon.southeast.rr.com>,
> **** **** <***@***.com> wrote:
> >Michael wrote in message <3a206843.14231488@news.uni-muenster.de>...
> >
> >>i pickt up my old apple][+ in the basement after about 15 years and it
> >>is still running, and almost all disks are working :-))))
> >>
> >>I love this machine :-))) even if it takes 45 sec !!!! for a "for i=1
> >>to 3000:next" loop :-)))
> >
> >
> >The scary thing is that there have been situations where even my pentium
> >would take that long for that loop. A misbehaving thread in the background
> >gobbling cpu cycles like they were potato chips, and even the new stuff
> >isn't so fast anymore.
> 
> On my Apple II+ a "for i=1 to 3000:next i" only takes some 3-4 seconds.....
> 


	I recon he's printing out each iteration to the screen...



bp

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