stbenge wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>> On Sunday 8th June the 8086 will be 30 years old.
>> Let the festivities begin and may the joy be unbounded
>>
>> John
> 
> I was hoping to see at least a rough render in P.B.I. celebrating this.
> A computer with a graphics demo on the screen portraying the best the
> 8086 had to offer would be a nice touch :)
> 

Well, if you're doing nothing this weekend here's a profect for you ...

> What kind of computer was yours, exactly?
> 

I had a Sinclair MK-14 but the first real (as opposed to development)
system was an Atari 800.
I refuse to mention what the first machine I ever worked with was.
> The first computer we (my brother, actually) owned was a Tandy Color
> Computer 2. He got an extended basic CC3 soon after. It had 256b, I
> believe. His skewed-perspective, line-rendered heightfield program
> (Editmont) crashed the poor thing routinely. But the drawing program
> with up to forty 30x30p animatable frames worked like a charm! Great
> times...
> 

Ah, the nostalgia, the nostalgia
> Incidently, how do you remember that your 8086 is 30 years old today? It
> it your birthday?
> 

Nope, if you remember, Stephen and I almost share a birthday and met up
to celebrate the fact back in late March. We enjoyed it so much we
frequently repeat the error ;-)
Actually, iirc I got the info either from wired.com or theregister.com

John

-- 
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.

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