![My soldering iron has more processing power than my first computer. [4032x3024 - 2.53MB]](https://pic8.co/sh/x6ms59.jpg){kind=link}
To be fair, I used to dial in to the FTP/Archie and pre-WWW internet on a 4MHz Z80 CP/M machine with a 2400 baud modem. That's literally just a rendering engine and takes little processing power to show the text coming in off the modem.
The post wasn't to point out that the iron requires that much CPU power, just that it has it because it's become so cheap.
To be fair, I used to dial in to the FTP/Archie and pre-WWW internet on a 4MHz Z80 CP/M machine with a 2400 baud modem. That's literally just a rendering engine and takes little processing power to show the text coming in off the modem.
The post wasn't to point out that the iron requires that much CPU power, just that it has it because it's become so cheap.
I asked my mom, and she said Tandy 1000 with a 286 in it sounded pretty familiar. Said it was an off the shelf machine.
I asked my mom, and she said Tandy 1000 with a 286 in it sounded pretty familiar. Said it was an off the shelf machine.
All of ratshacks machines were just walk-in-and-buy. They didn't offer any real custom configurations.
I believe the 1000TL was the first of their line to have a 286. It was a real MS-DOS compatible machine, and I think it dropped the TGA and 3-voice audio output.
All of ratshacks machines were just walk-in-and-buy. They didn't offer any real custom configurations.
I believe the 1000TL was the first of their line to have a 286. It was a real MS-DOS compatible machine, and I think it dropped the TGA and 3-voice audio output.
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