[1046] in Cypherpunks
8088
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Duncan Frissell)
Fri Jun 11 10:16:11 1993
Date: 11 Jun 93 09:58:02 EDT
From: Duncan Frissell <76630.3577@CompuServe.COM>
To: <cypherpunks@toad.com>
>>>I was not aware that people still used that version of a computer.
>>>An 8088????
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>Not everyone can afford to buy a new computer. I myself am using a 286,
>>>because though I want to buy a faster computer, I have no spare money.
>>>
>>>(Kragen Sittler)
Additionally, when one is running PGP under Windows the "virtual DOS
machine" on which it is running *is* an 8088 (of sorts) and PGP 2.2 will
lock it up 2/3 of the time.
Duncan Frissell
