From: faisal@yabbs
To: kstark@yabbs
Subject: re: Started wiht a - *what*
Date: Wed Apr 14 07:19:52 1993
i started with a commodore pet
moved up to apple 2's
then my parents finally got a computer:
a timex sinclair 1000
oh boy, interpreted basic where you don't actually type in function names 
rather, you type some key binding corresponding to the function
which meant you had to dig over the keyboard looking for the key
pain in the ass if you knew more that 10 functions and could touch type
2k
but the moral of the story is:
mario.psc.edu
Cray Y/MPC-90
4 GB main memory
4 GB disk cache
a few TB disk space
the noise you are thinking of is represented in writing as h*aa