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BRObedoza

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Niners just drafted some kid in the third round named Joe Montana. I hope he can help the Niners do better than 2-14.
 
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geno

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Originally posted by: jemcam
Here's one. Maybe you had to be there to understand, but this was big news to me about that time:

OMFG!!!!!!!! GM IS AT THE RAZOR EDGE OF AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!11

Cadillac is coming out with an engine called the "V8-6-4". It is going to shut off cylinders as engine power is needed. For isntance, it will only need 4 cylinders to maintain highway speed so you should almost double your mileage. Also, the brilliant engineers at Oldsmobile took their old 350 and converted it to a diesel, which experts are saying will give consumers better than 35 mpg on the highway!!!!!!!!!!1

NOW GET THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 Chevy is going to put fuel injection on their new Vettes next year, promising a big boost in horsepower and increased mileage!!!!!!!!!!111


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End of post. For the uninformed, all three of the above were announced with great fanfare in the late 70's, but they all bombed horribly, giving GM a black eye in the early 80's.
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The 350 Diesel was such a joke as well, terrible stuff in hindsight
 
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2cpuminimum

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Star Wars 2? That's the worst idea ever. How can they even have a sequel when darth vader's little ship got shot by Han Solo? I mean that was a "short range fighter" according to Ben Kenobi, so vader probably drifted into space and froze to death, right? There's no major bad guys left alive! How can they create a new sense of conflict and jeapordy after the first one? The first one was far out, but who ever makes a sequel to a movie anyways?

Oh, and Carter is a total tool, he's full of BS about "energy conservation"! Why would that matter to me!? Gas is NEVER going to cost more than a dollar a gallon, that would just be crazy, people wouldn't pay it.
 
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Originally posted by: Metron
I just bought my first CP/M machine called a SuperMicro 32X from Molecular Computer, Inc. You can have up to 16 Zilog Z-80 CPUs, each running at 4.0 MHz (up from the original 2.5 MHz!!!!11!!eleventy!).

It's meant to be a multi-user machine, and each user gets their own Z-80 processor and they all sit on an 8 bit CSMA/CD bus with one processor that takes care of a shared floppy and tape drive.

It has a wicked Shugart 8 inch floppy drive, and I got the screaming 300 baud Modulater/Demodulator (modem), instead of the 150 baud Acoustic Coupler. I picked up the whole setup for under $5,000.

What do you think?
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The MOS Technology 6502 fvcking PWNS the Zilog. The MOS is four times as fast, because it is a pipelined static processor, clock for clock. MODEL NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, Zilog's constant Mhz war it just BS.

Check the Benchies, Zilog FANBOI :|
 
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Trente

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OMG 10 YEARS HAVE PAST SINCE "IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING" CAME OUT!

*brilliant record...*
 
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Swag1138

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*swimming swimming swimming, THERE IS THE TARGET!!! MUST INSEMINATE!!!*

<--born january of '80 :p
 
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SupaDupaCheez

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Dude! I was hitting some major bud last night while listening to 'Floyds Dark Side when my girlfriend turned on that stupid ass movie The Wizard Of Oz! You'll never guess what fvcking happened next.... :evil:
 
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Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: Metron
I just bought my first CP/M machine called a SuperMicro 32X from Molecular Computer, Inc. You can have up to 16 Zilog Z-80 CPUs, each running at 4.0 MHz (up from the original 2.5 MHz!!!!11!!eleventy!).

It's meant to be a multi-user machine, and each user gets their own Z-80 processor and they all sit on an 8 bit CSMA/CD bus with one processor that takes care of a shared floppy and tape drive.

It has a wicked Shugart 8 inch floppy drive, and I got the screaming 300 baud Modulater/Demodulator (modem), instead of the 150 baud Acoustic Coupler. I picked up the whole setup for under $5,000.

What do you think?
Click to expand...

The MOS Technology 6502 fvcking PWNS the Zilog. The MOS is four times as fast, because it is a pipelined static processor, clock for clock. MODEL NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, Zilog's constant Mhz war it just BS.

Check the Benchies, Zilog FANBOI :|
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Pfft... 6502! It's only running 1 MHz... what a joke. Where are these benchmarks of which you speak? I've seen nothing but drivel from Steve Wozniak. You Apple ][ fanboi!

CP/M wins big! *edited to reflect 1979 phraseology*
 
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LookingGlass

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Too many of you just don't get this thread. You are supposed to *talk* about what is going on in the year 1979. Not about what is happening to you, whether you're born or not.
 
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PHiuR

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there is this girl that I like...and I don't know how to approach her...
HELP!
 
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