Re: Working towards something good*

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Mar 1, 11:05 am, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
wrote:

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> For nearly every architecture there are strange transition models.
> The best example taht comes to mind is my old 486. Or pentium with a 486
> socket depending on how you want to look at it.
> It has ISA, VLB, and PCI slots. It supports 4 ATA drives. It has a slot for
> a cache board, and takes 72pin EDO RAM. Yet it is a 486.
> Near the end of its active service I bought it a Hyperace 586 chip board
> thingy. That gave it roughly p75 performance. I still have that computer.

That does sound like a strange configuration for a 486 board.

> back on tangent. For many years I tried to get hold of a IIgs to back up
> some of my apple][ software. Now things like ADT etc have come about the
> original need disappeared. Unfortunately during that timespan some of the
> disks are very dead. Very sad. Don't suppose anyone else has "The First
> Fleet Convicts" apple ][ version. Interesting program.
>

Was "The First Fleet Convicts" a game or something else? Sound
interesting for us aussies, probably less so for others...  ;-)

I'd be interested if you ever found it. I don't think I've ever come
across an Aussie themed game for the A2.

cheers,
-p