Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> scott wrote:
> 
>> When I was a child my computer had booted before the picture came on :-)
> 
> Heh. Makes me chuckle when I think about how many seconds it takes for a 
> C64 to bootstrap.
> 
> About 0.2.

Yeah, it astounded a friend of mine who was a VAX-head when I hit the reset 
switch on the back of a Kaypro CP/M machine.   "Was that an interrupt? That 
was quick."  "No, that was a cold boot."


-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
    you literally shooting yourself in the foot.

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